A Bid for Success in Operation Enduring Freedom: Applying Strategic Lessons from Past and Current Afghanistan Campaigns

Abstract

Historical lessons ot failure from the First Anglo-Afghan War, the Soviet invasion, and the last nine and half years of OEF provide many lessons of what to do to achieve strategic success: support the needs of the Afghan people, accept that their solutions will not be our solutions, assist them in creating the security conditions for governance, economic development, and reconstruction to take place, ensure restraint in our approach, and then depart.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 16, 2011
Accession Number
ADA600835

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Mcnulty

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Asia
  • Central Asia
  • Economic Development
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Political Systems
  • Security
  • Social Media
  • Social Norms
  • Treaties
  • United States

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