American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Human

American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Human Terrain

Politicians, pundits, and Pentagon officials are singing the praises of a kinder, gentler American counterinsurgency. Some claim that counterinsurgency is so sophisticated and effective that it is the â€œgraduate level of war.â€ Private military contracting firms have jumped on the bandwagon, and many have begun employing anthropologists, political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists to help meet the Department of Defenseâ€™s new demand. The $60 million Human Terrain System (HTS), an intelligence gathering program that embeds social scientists with combat brigades in Iraq and Afghanistan, dramatically illustrates the approach. But when the military, transnational corporations, and the human sciences become obsessed with controlling the â€œhuman terrainâ€â€”the civilian populations of Iraq and Afghanistanâ€”what are the consequences? In this timely pamphlet, Roberto GonzÃ¡lez offers a searing critique of HTS, showing how the history of anthropology can be used to illuminate the problems of turning â€œcultureâ€ into a military tool.
Country USA
Brand Prickly Paradigm Press
Manufacturer Prickly Paradigm Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780979405747
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Human Terrain