Citation

Rosén L. Anthropol. Q. 2011; 84(2): 535-558.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research)

DOI

10.1353/anq.2011.0026

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Terrorism; War; Suicide bombers; Anthropologists and war; Counterinsurgency