Counterinsurgency's Failures, from Afghanistan to Vietnam

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Published: Aug. 26, 2021

A U.S. soldier holds a sign indicating a gate is closed as hundreds of people gather some holding documents, near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021.

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Overview

After weeks of finger-pointing and accusations about the catastrophic U.S. retreat from Afghanistan, this episode of Deep Dish is taking a step back to ask some big-picture questions. What if the problem isn't the exit, but the strategy that started the intervention in the first place: counterinsurgency? US Naval War College author Jacqueline Hazelton joins Deep Dish to explain what went wrong and why the United States is doomed to repeat its mistakes if it doesn't shift strategies.

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Hazelton, Jacqueline and Brian Hanson. “Counterinsurgency's Failures, from Afghanistan to Vietnam.” The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, August 26, 2021