Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan
Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Abstract
The Human Terrain System (HTS) was catapulted into existence in 2006 by the US military's urgent need for knowledge of the human dimension of the battlespace in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its centrepiece was embedded groups of mixed military and civilian personnel, known as Human Terrain Teams (HTTs), whose mission was to conduct social science research and analysis and to advise military commanders about the local population. Bringing social science — and actual social scientists — to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was bold and challenging. Despite the controversy over HTS among scholars, there is little good, reliable source material written by those with experience of HTS or about the actual work carried out by teams in theatre. This volume goes beyond the anecdotes, snippets and blogs to provide a comprehensive, objective and detailed view of HTS. The chapters put the program in historical context, discuss the obstacles it faced, analyze its successes, and detail the work of the teams downrange. Most importantly, they capture some of the diverse lived experience of HTS scholars and practitioners drawn from an eclectic array of the social sciences.
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Unveiling the Human Terrain System
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Mind the Gap: Bridging the Military/Academic Divide
Montgomery McFate
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An Anthropologist at War in Afghanistan
Ted Callahan
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What Do You Bring to the Fight? A Year in Iraq as an Embedded Social Scientist
Katherine Blue Carroll
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Playing Spades in Al Anbar: A Female Social Scientist Among Marines and Special Forces
Jennifer A. Clark
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The Four Pillars of Integration: How to Make Social Science Work in a War Zone
Kathleen Reedy
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Investing in Uncertainty: Applying Social Science to Military Operations
James Dorough-Lewis
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Allied Civilian Enablers and the Helmand Surge
Leslie Adrienne Payne
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Assessing the Human Terrain Teams: No White Hats or Black Hats, Please
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban andGeorge R. Lucas
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Tangi Valley: The Limitations of Applied Anthropology in Afghanistan
Brian G. Brereton
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The Human Terrain System: Some Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
Janice H. Laurence
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