Podcasts History School of War Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2

Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2

Published: May 17, 2022, 8 a.m.

Wesley Morgan, journalist and author of The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley, joins the show to discuss his experiences in the Pech valley, one of Afghanistan\u2019s most contested battlegrounds, and to talk about the U.S. counterinsurgency\u2019s successes and failures.\xa0\n\nTimes\xa0\n\n\t\u2022\t01:25 Illicit Economies\n\t\u2022\t04:13 Green Berets And CIA \u201cLost The Forest For The Trees\u201d In Kunar\n\t\u2022\t06:57 Who Is Jim Gant?\n\t\u2022\t11:36 Self-Aware Proxy Warriors\n\t\u2022\t13:42 Counterinsurgency Styles and Outpost Building\n\t\u2022\t20:44 Central Government - Whether They Want It Or Not\n\t\u2022\t33:18 Cash For Calm - Paying For Peace\n\t\u2022\t37:22 War Winds Down In The Pech\xa0\n\t\u2022\t41:30 The Afghan House Of Cards Collapses\n\t\u2022\t44:13 A Tired Afghan Army With No Good Options