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Assessment of a Brigade

indicated by Major Foldberg, the intensity of the workload is interfering with the goal of offering soldiers and officers the chan...

Narcotics Trade Funding Insurgency in Afghanistan

country of Afghanistan has become a synonym for the "narco-state and the spread of crime and illegality" (Felbab-Brown, 2009, p. 1...

Bad Intelligence Equals Losing Battles

gone by in the war in Afghanistan, and the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and its allies have developed only a marginal...

More Troops to Afghanistan

power in the region (Obama, 2009). Unfortunately, as U.S. attention turned to Iraq (which Obama opposed from the outset), b...

U.S. Military Life in Afghanistan

foreign troops" in Afghanistan at present (Watson, 2008). This brings into play many regions and lifestyles, but also clearly invo...

Afghanistan and the Taliban

and coalition forces are on the increase, making it more difficult for NATO and U.S. forces to stabilize Afghanistan (Bruno and Ka...

The Taliban as Freedom Fighters

finally, again according to Beaviss website, nations are rational and "think strategically about how to survive." Looking at this ...

Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia Invasions by the Soviet Union and the Reaction of the United States

year war that has often been referred to as the "Soviet Unions Vietnam." In general, the U.S.S.R. invasion has proven to have bee...

International Upheaval in 1979

In this five page report the author discusses several key political events occurring with Supertramp in the backstage. The Irania...

Leonid Brezhnev's Policies and the Afghanistan Invasion by the Soviet Union

In ten pages this paper examines the Brezhnev Doctrine and the factors that culminated in the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanist...

Democracy, Work, and Women

In a research paper consisting of eleven pages this paper contrasts and compares Afghanistan and Sweden in order to detect a relat...

Principles of Machiavellian Theory

This paper examines whether or not Machiavelli's political theories set forth in The Prince can be applied to political situations...

War Concept and the 'Language of War'

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

War Reporting and a Media Utilitarian Approach

In eight pages this paper examines war reporting with the emphasis upon Afghanistan terrorism in a consideration of how the media ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan Islamic Fundamentalism

nature, in order to accomplish the goals of fundamentalist sects requires firm control of the political and social apparatus of a ...

ISAF and British Involvement

demonstrate support for the USA, it was also an acknowledgement that the al-Qaeda network was operating in Europe and that the fig...

Ahmed Rashid's Taliban

into an object of political power by Persians, the Mongols, the British, the Soviets and the Pakistanis over the centuries. From t...

Americans Held Captive in Foreign Lands

the student was prosecuted to the fullest extent of their laws. The others left the country quietly. This seems to be a frequent t...

Feminist Views on Women in Afghanistan Under the Taliban Rule

An article on the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and how it has oppressed women is discussed through an application of Joan Scott's f...

Afghanistan and the Negative Effects of Humanitarian Aid

The reasons for the failure of the intervention is, in fact, related to the interrelationships of these contributors and the greed...

Terrorism and U.S. Military Retaliation

halt the terrorist behavior of bin Laden. Clearly, President Clinton ordered the bombing as a means by which to send a message to...

Why the U.S. Should Have Bombed Afghanistan After September 11th

power and international relations is a task that draws its conclusion upon a very fine line; indeed, while both of these entities ...

Coupe D’etats and the Middle East: An Explanation

the collapse of the Soviet Union. Extremist groups evolved that heatedly resented what they viewed as the Wests pillage of their ...

Resupplying U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

cannot send vehicles to resupply FBOs because its not safe for them to do so. The protection necessary is not available: "The Army...

A Character Analysis from The Kite Runner

to torment me anew. Suddenly the air in Rahim Khans little flat was too thick, too hot, too rich with the smell of the street" (H...

THE TALIBAN, ITS MEANING AND ITS HISTORY

Afghanistan, and why it has such a blind hatred toward America -- and all things Western. Though we cant really come up with a sol...

PROPOSAL FOR MILITARY RESEARCH IN AFGHANISTAN

needed to have knowledge of the countries they were trying to work with. In the first Gulf War, in Kuwait, the Coalition Forces su...

AFGHANISTAN AND SELF-SUSTAINABILITY

months, Khowst has become a "model citizen," one in which the communitys quality of life has been improved (FDHC Regulatory Intell...

AFGHANISTAN AND DEVELOPMENT: LITERATURE REVIEW

In this paper, well be presenting some literature dealing with Afghanistans reconstruction, then well analyze it, based on what th...

Military Advisors' Concerns In Afghanistan

soldiers involved in these violent incidents are Afghans who are driven by abject poverty, a lack of education and an overall feel...