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The Gathering Pacific StormCambria Press, 2018EditorsTai Ming Cheung, director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and professor at the School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego Thomas G. Mahnken, president and chief executive officer, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC |
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Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict"Small Wars, Big Data argues that the US military should focus its efforts not on winning hearts and minds, but rather on acquiring information from the people about insurgent activities. When satisfied with government security and services, civilians supply information. With information, counter-insurgent attacks can dismantle insurgent networks. Without it, insurgencies fester and violence increases. Armed with this framework, I would have fought differently—and American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan might have as well. … Though I’m not the first to call for updates to counter-insurgency doctrine, now is the right time and Small Wars, Big Data is the right book to guide that effort." Zachary Griffiths, War on the Rocks Authors
Eli Berman, professor of economics at the University of California San Diego and research director for international security studies at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Joseph H. Felter, senior research scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation Jacob N. Shapiro, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University
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