A candid reassessment of the role of anthropologists in mediating encounters between Western armies and non-Western peoples. In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that have hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strat…
In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that have hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strategic bombing of Vietnam to the accidental burning of the Quŕanin Afghanistan, it has blundered around with the little consider…
The Human Terrain System (HTS) was catapulted into existence in 2006 by the US military's urgent need for knowledge of the human dimension of the battlespace in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its centrepiece was embedded groups of mixed military and civilian personnel, known as Human Ter…
