TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Anthropological assumptions and the afghan war
JO  - Anthropological quarterly
A1  - Rosén, L.
SP  - 535
EP  - 558
VL  - 84
IS  - 2
N2  - The war in Afghanistan incorporates a series of questionable anthropological assumptions. Quite aside from the involvement of anthropologists in the war's "human terrain projects," the current administration has continued a mistaken view of the tribes of the region, the reasons why there have been no attacks on the American homeland from the Afghan-Pakistan border region, the nature of suicide bombing, and the reasons why a singular model for all counterinsurgency plans may fail. By carefully analyzing these assumptions, anthropologists may offer a more refined critique of their own work and the goals of the present war. © 2011 2011 by the Institute for Ethnographic Research (IFER) a part of the George Washington University. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-5491
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/anq.2011.0026
ID  - ref1
ER  -