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David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“in essence, enemy-centric approaches that focus on the enemy, assuming that killing insurgents is the key task, rarely succeed”
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“people who fight us not because they hate the West and seek our overthrow but because we have invaded their space to deal with a small extremist element that has manipulated and exploited local grievances to gain power in their societies”
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“the first rule of unrestricted warfare is that there are no rules, with nothing forbidden”
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“we should avoid any future large-scale, unilateral military intervention in the Islamic world”
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- David Kilcullen (Author)
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