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The Human Terrain System: Operationally Relevant Social Science Research in Iraq and Afghanistan

ByChristopher J. SimsStrategic Studies Institute

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The announcement that the Human Terrain System (HTS) was brought to a close in the fall of 2014 met with a flurry of responses. Commentators assessed the character and content of the social science research program and several identified plausible legacies that it may bequeath U.S. Armed Services. Often the conclusions therein were mixed, hinting instructively at the absence of a strong empirical record of the program. Therefore, this book is a welcomed larger study of the HTS, one of the first investigations to delineate the experiences of former program members, chart the stance of the American Anthropological Association, and gain engagement both from the U.S. Training and Doctrine Command, and a manager from the first primary contractor, BAE Systems. As a scholarly assessment of the complex interplay of these perspectives, the book becomes part of an attempt to find a platform for collaboration and discussion on what has become a profoundly polarizing subject.

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Publication Date
Dec 24, 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781329784680
Category
Reference
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Christopher J. Sims, By (author): Strategic Studies Institute, By (author): U.S. Army War College

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Pages
522
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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