Aaron B. O'Connell is lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve and the author of Underdogs: The Making of the Modern Marine Corps. Most recently, he was associate professor of history at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
"Grimly insightful. . .Our Latest Longest War deserves close
reading and careful reflection by anyone (in particular, US
government officials with a role in national defense) wishing to
learn about the Afghan War and the American way of war. Aaron
O'Connell and his coauthors are to be congratulated for clarifying
so powerfully the hubris and limits of American and Western power
in Afghanistan."-- "Michigan War Studies Review"
"Our Latest Longest War is a unique collection of essays, written
by those who actually implemented Afghanistan policy in the field,
not by the senior government officials halfway around the world in
Washington. The complexity and difficulty of counterinsurgency
warfare are made clear in this superbly edited book. A must read
for government and military leaders tempted to frame decisions as
overly simplistic binary choices, and for those who are called upon
to serve at 'the tip of the spear' and face realities not
understood and acknowledged at the strategic level."--Karl W.
Eikenberry "ambassador and Lieutenant General, retired, US Army,
Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Stanford"
"Nothing has ever been easy in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, and
the essays in Our Latest Longest War convey that accurately,
thoughtfully, and unblinkingly. This superb collection of essays by
scholars and practitioners illuminates the innumerable challenges
and harsh realities with which those of us engaged in Afghanistan
contended in our collective endeavor to ensure that the country was
never again a sanctuary for Al Qaeda or other transnational
extremists--as it was when the 9/11 attacks were planned
there."--General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret), Commander, "US
Central Command 2008-10, Intnl Security Assistance Force & US
Forces in Afghanistan 2010-11"
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