difficult general officer job in iran. by december, 2005, petraeus had spent almost two years in iraq, leading a division in combat, providing governance and security for a crucial province and spearheading a training program for iraqi security forces. right after he finished in iraq they sent him to fort levinworth kansas which is the armies it school if you will for the operational level of war and it was while he was there that he came to the realization that this was an insurgency. we had really not updated our counter insurgency doctrine since the vietnam war. and it was there that he began to assemble the writing team and think about revamping the doctrine. sarah is the former faculty director of the carr center for human rights policy at harvard s kennedy school of government. i was at the time assembling a group to discuss counter insurgency and talk about the humanitarian challenges associated with it.
through the contacts and friendships we made over the years working with people in uni form i became involved and probably only general petraeus would have the confidence and acumen to say great. i have an offer for you and proprosal, i need somebody to take over the project to guide the rewriting of this counter insurgency doctrine, would you do it and this started me on a year-long mission to rewrite this doctrine working with general petraeus. fundamental tenet on which the doctrine turns is that instead of destroying the enemy it is also about protecting the civilians. that is what makes it radical. the key to counter insurgency is focusing on the population security so that you can influence for lack of a better term the hearts and minds of the individuals is breaking free small units to get out and move amongst the people. it is improving the
right after he finished in iraq they sent him to fort levinworth kansas which is the armies it school if you will for the operational level of war and it was while he was there that he came to the realization that this was an insurgency. we had really not updated our counter insurgency doctrine since the vietnam war. and it was there that he began to assemble the writing team and think about revamping the doctrine. sarah is the former faculty director of the carr center for human rights policy at harvard s kennedy school of government. i was at the time assembling a group to discuss counter insurgency and talk about the humanitarian challenges associated with it. through the contacts and friendships we made over the years working with people in uni form i became involved and probably only general petraeus would have the confidence and acumen to say great. i have an offer for you and
proprosal, i need somebody to take over the project to guide the rewriting of this counter insurgency doctrine, would you do it and this started me on a year-long mission to rewrite this doctrine working with general petraeus. fundamental tenet on which the doctrine turns is that instead of destroying the enemy it is also about protecting the civilians. that is what makes it radical. the key to counter insurgency is focusing on the population security so that you can influence for lack of a better term the hearts and minds of the individuals is breaking free small units to get out and move amongst the people. it is improving the intelligence apparatus and being able to connect with the local population. it is learning how to work and fight with indigeed nous individuals. the u.s. and other coalition companies and battalions are
right after he finished in iraq they sent him to fort levinworth kansas which is the armies it school if you will for the operational level of war and it was while he was there that he came to the realization that this was an insurgency. we had really not updated our counter insurgency doctrine since the vietnam war. and it was there that he began to assemble the writing team and think about revamping the doctrine. sarah is the former faculty director of the carr center for human rights policy at harvard s kennedy school of government. i was at the time assembling a group to discuss counter insurgency and talk about the humanitarian challenges associated with it. through the contacts and friendships we made over the years working with people in uni form i became involved and probably only general petraeus would have the confidence and acumen to say great. i have an offer for you and