Counterinsurgency Redux? Dutch Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan 2006-2010
By: Andrew Majkut '14
Advising Faculty: William M. Rose
This thesis explores the complex, interdisciplinary study of counterinsurgency in the 21st century, and makes a contribution to the literature by testing the counterinsurgency best-practices established in David Kilcullen’s analytical framework and in the RAND Corporation's study "Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies."
The purpose of this study is to determine which framework is best able to explain observations of the Dutch experience in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, from 2006-2010. Further, with the Dutch military being under-studied, there is the potential for new conclusions about counterinsurgency techniques to emerge.
This honors paper may be read in its entirety at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College:
http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/govhp/44/
Related Fields: Government, International Relations