We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/coin_and_the_co.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat - I'm still recovering from the weekend, so pardon any randomness in my comment] The armorer linked to Crittenden linking to Small Wars Journal article by Canadian CAPT Nils French: Social Epidemics and the Human Element of Counter-insurgency Insurgents typically choose to operate from within a population and for this reason it is the human element that has had and will continue to have the most considerable impact on their operations and the operations that counter them. In The Tipping Point, bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell combines research from several disciplines to give incredible insight into the unusual and counterintuitive... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/coin_and_the_co.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/coin_and_the_co.html Tue, 06 May 2008 00:19:24 -0600