Strike and destroy : when Counter-insurgency (COIN) doctrine met Hellraisers Brigade or, the fate of Corporal Morlock / Stjepan G. Mestrovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Atrocities--De Maywand Kariz.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

War crimes--Afghanistan--De Maywand Kariz.

War crimes.

Sociology, Military--United States.

Sociology, Military.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan.

Counterinsurgency.

Counterinsurgency--United States.

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 2nd. Stryker Brigade, 5th.

United States.

Tunnell, Harry D. (Harry Daniel), 1961-.

Tunnell, Harry D.

Morlock, Jeremy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

When Counter-insurgency (COIN) doctrine met Hellraisers Brigade

Fate of Corporal Morlock

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a ""spontaneous-combustion theory"" of war crimes, Jeremy Morlock and 11 other soldiers were charged with having murdered 3 Afghans, as if they just spontaneously did monstrous things. But in an extraordinary court-martial the Defense showed that in fact the atrocities originated in a failure of leadership and a dysfunctional brigade climate. Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic, a professional sociologist who has testified in the trial, explains.

Contents:

Preface; Legal considerations; Privacy and other issues; Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definitions; Chapter 1. Discovering Connections; Making connections and "opening doors"; Conversation with a battalion commander, Colonel A: "Colonel Tunnell sought revenge"; Conversation with Corporal Morlock's new battalion commander, LTC B; My conversations with LTC C, Corporal Morlock's former battalion commander; Conversation with the chaplain for 1-17; Chapter 2. Hellraiser's Commanders Assess Him; Statement by Brigadier General D: the National Training Center Operations Group Commander

Sworn statement by Brigadier General H, the Director of Operations for RC-SA three-star general assesses Hellraiser; Chapter 3. Hellraiser's Minions: The True Believers; LTC K or the Deputy Brigade Commander:; "Colonel Tunnell is the finest leader with whom I have served in my career"; Chief Warrant Officer P: "Body count tracker"; Major T: "The brigade commander had the utmost respect for the Afghan people"; Captain Q: Corporal Morlock's new company commander; Major H: "The brigade had a reputation of 'not getting it,' not 'being team players,' and they were 'missing the big picture.'"

Lieutenant L: Corporal Morlock's platoon leaderMajor U: A brief encounter; Chapter 4. The Team of Non-Believers Who Opposed Hellraiser; COL A's sworn statement: "I would not work with or for him [Colonel Tunnell] in the future"; A Sergeant's assessment: "Winning hearts and minds was crap"; Captain C's take on Hellraiser's philosophy: "Let's kill those mother fuckers."; Major D observes:; Colonel Tunnell's name was almost never spoken; First Sergeant W from Charlie Company, 1-17: "We were completely enemy-focused the entire time"

Major O: "One company absolutely embraced the brigade commander's mentality"Major S: "Colonel Tunnell told his men: 'Kill first, then capture'"; Major K: "Culture in the brigade of not holding anyone accountable for anything"; The chaplain's sworn statement: "It seems that our battalion commander's over-riding concern was looking good to his boss."; Command Sergeant Major for 2-1: "This open hostility between the NTC leadership and our Brigade leadership was greatly distracting"

Lieutenant J: "The platoon began to see every person as an enemy" and "Our non-lethal success occurred not because of, but despite the actions of Colonel Tunnell"Conclusions; Chapter 5. Omissions in the Twitty Report; The omission of key personnel pertaining to B Company, 1-17; Officers who were not interviewed at all; The other Stryker brigade commanders; Chapter 6. Hellraiser's Assessment of COIN Doctrine And History; Hellraiser's reflections on the NTC training and NATO command climate in Afghanistan; Hellraiser's presentation on COIN, counter-guerrilla doctrine, and war

Connections to American culture

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87586-911-4

OCLC:

821198166