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‘Getting COIN’ at the tactical level in Afghanistan: reassessing counter-insurgency adaptation in the British Army

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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:27 authored by Sergio Catignani
This article reassesses the extent to which the British Army has been able to adapt to the counter-insurgency campaign in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. While adopting Farrell's definition of bottom-up military adaptation, this article contends that the task force/brigade level of analysis adopted by Farrell and Farrell and Gordon has led them to overstate the degree to which innovation arising from processes of bottom-up adaptation has actually ensued. Drawing on lower level tactical unit interviews and other data, this article demonstrates how units have been unable or unwilling to execute non-kinetic population-centric operations due to their lack of understanding of the principles of counter-insurgency warfare.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Journal of Strategic Studies

ISSN

0140-2390

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

4

Volume

35

Page range

513-539

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-09-21

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