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Before the Obama Administration assumes that General Petraeus' track record in Iraq is transferable to Afghanistan, it should reflect more on a critical U.S. mistake in Vietnam. Much of the reason for the U.S. failure there can be traced to the assumption that General Edward Lansdale's successful approach to defeating the Philippine Huk insurgency would also work in Vietnam. Price Bingham, MELBOURNE...
...Before the Obama Administration assumes that General Petraeus' track record in Iraq is transferable to Afghanistan, it should reflect more on a critical U.S. mistake in Vietnam. Much of the reason for the U.S. failure there can be traced to the assumption that General Edward Lansdale's successful approach to defeating the Philippine Huk insurgency would also work in Vietnam. Price Bingham Melbourne...
...channels that are simulcast, meaning you can watch, essentially in real time, breaking news on Fox News Channel or select sporting events on ESPN. So if your favorite game is delayed, your PTV won't miss a beat. Can you be sure that your DVR will actually record all that you want it to? Is there an app for that...
...replicated the openings of Disney's recent in-house animation efforts like Meet the Robinsons and Bolt. Execs at the Mouse House hope their new film will play well through the Christmas season. And Princess did register the highest debut for an animated feature opening in December. But that record could expire in less than two weeks: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel invades theaters Dec. 23. (See why Disney's Princess is a breakthrough for curly hair...
...report, in fact, work closely with the military. But McFate's larger point stands: for the past few decades, anthropologists have had little influence in military or foreign policy circles. As American troops adopt a counterinsurgency strategy, cultural knowledge has become a foremost Pentagon concern. They know historically the record for winning a short-term counterinsurgency is not good, so they've once again sought out cultural expertise. The discipline's checkered history, however, has made many anthropologists sensitive to the parallels between HTS and the colonial era. "Anthropology was used in much the same way to help colonial militaries...