The counter-counterinsurgency manual : or, notes on demilitarizin g American society /
The counter-counterinsurgency manual : or, notes on demilitarizin g American society /
Notes on demilitarizing American society
Network of Concerned Anthropologists Steering C ommittee ; Catherine Besteman ... [et al.].
- Chicago, IL : Prickly Paradigm Press, 2009.
- vii, 190 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Introduction : war, culture, and counterinsurgency / The military normal / Militarizing knowle dge / Faking scholarship / Radical or reactionary? / Embedded / Counter AFRICOM / Anthro pology and HUMINT / About face! / Proposals for a humanpolitik / Marshall Sahlins -- Roberto Gonzâalez, Hugh Gusterson, David Price -- Catherine Lutz -- Hugh Gusterson -- David Price -- Greg Feldman -- Rober to Gonzâalez -- Catherine Besteman -- Andrew Bickford -- Kanhong L in -- David Vine.
Critiques the Pentagon's Counterinsurgency Field Manual, which offer ed a blueprint for mobilizing the cultural expertise of anthropologists for the war in Iraq. Explores the ethical and intellectual conflicts o f the Pentagon's Human Terrain System, and probes the increasing milita rization of academic knowledge.
0979405750 (pbk.)
2009-923954
Counterinsurgency--Iraq.
Anthropological ethics--United States.
Military intelligence-- Evaluation.--United States
Applied anthropology-- Evaluation.--Iraq
Iraq War, 2003--- Conscientious objectors--United States.
355.6
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Introduction : war, culture, and counterinsurgency / The military normal / Militarizing knowle dge / Faking scholarship / Radical or reactionary? / Embedded / Counter AFRICOM / Anthro pology and HUMINT / About face! / Proposals for a humanpolitik / Marshall Sahlins -- Roberto Gonzâalez, Hugh Gusterson, David Price -- Catherine Lutz -- Hugh Gusterson -- David Price -- Greg Feldman -- Rober to Gonzâalez -- Catherine Besteman -- Andrew Bickford -- Kanhong L in -- David Vine.
Critiques the Pentagon's Counterinsurgency Field Manual, which offer ed a blueprint for mobilizing the cultural expertise of anthropologists for the war in Iraq. Explores the ethical and intellectual conflicts o f the Pentagon's Human Terrain System, and probes the increasing milita rization of academic knowledge.
0979405750 (pbk.)
2009-923954
Counterinsurgency--Iraq.
Anthropological ethics--United States.
Military intelligence-- Evaluation.--United States
Applied anthropology-- Evaluation.--Iraq
Iraq War, 2003--- Conscientious objectors--United States.
355.6