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		<title>COIN in a Tribal Society: an interview with William S. &#8220;Mac&#8221; McCallister</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/coin-in-a-tribal-society-an-interview-with-mac-mccallister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[William S. &#8220;Mac&#8221; McCallister is a retired military officer, a U.S. Army major, who served in numerous special operations assignments specializing in civil-military, psychological and information operations, with focuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
I was introduced to Mac a few weeks ago, when he forwarded to Maj. Jim Gant his paper &#8220;COIN and<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/coin-in-a-tribal-society-an-interview-with-mac-mccallister/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog by Andrew Lubin: Let the Afghan Army Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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[Again, we're pleased to have this fresh post from independent correspondent Andrew Lubin, who has just returned from six weeks in Afghanistan, where he was embedded with Army and Marine troops and spent time with their Afghan National Army counterparts. Here's Part Two of Prof. Lubin's report.]

Training the Afghans how to shoot and move is<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/guest-blog-by-andrew-lubin-let-the-afghan-army-fight/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Report from embedded journalist Andrew Lubin</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/one-tribe-at-a-time-10-a-report-from-embedded-journalist-andrew-lubin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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[We'll be hearing again from Maj. Jim Gant in three weeks, but for this Monday and the next, I'm very pleased and honored to feature a "report from the trenches" from independent foreign correspondent Andrew Lubin, who has just returned from six weeks in Afghanistan where he was embedded with Army and Marine troops. Mr. Lubin's<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/one-tribe-at-a-time-10-a-report-from-embedded-journalist-andrew-lubin/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing When to Stop, or Learning How to Win?</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/knowing-when-to-stop-or-learning-how-to-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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A guest blog by Michael Brandon McClellan
[Mike McClellan is a graduate of Yale and Georgetown Law and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. His articles on politics and foreign policy have appeared in the WSJ, the Weekly Standard and on TCS Daily.  It's our pleasure to welcome him as a contributor.]

A few months ago I<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/knowing-when-to-stop-or-learning-how-to-win/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons From Ramadi: A Guest Post from Captain Thomas Daly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;d like to thank Captain Thomas Daly for writing this guest post. He lived the experiences that so many of us have read about. 

 
Captain Daly joined the Marine Corps in 2004. During his 
military career, he has held a multitude of billets ranging from Forward Observer to Intelligence Cell Leader. His unique perception of<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/lessons-from-ramadi/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribes in Afghanistan: A Guest Post from Michael Yon</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-in-afghanistan-a-guest-post-from-michael-yon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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The following is a guest post from Michael Yon, which we&#8217;re really privileged to get and which I&#8217;m delighted to share. As I type this, Michael is reporting from Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Check out Michael Yon Online Magazine to read his reports. Michael is a former Green Beret, who has reported from Iraq and Afghanistan since<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/08/tribes-in-afghanistan-a-guest-post-from-michael-yon/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Learning Curve</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/07/the-learning-curve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
By Mark Safranski—aka “Zenpundit”
Steven Pressfield invited me to do a guest post here at “Tribes” and give my assessment of the vigorous debate that greeted the entry of “It’s the Tribes, Stupid: War &#38; Reality in Afghanistan&#8221; into the blogosphere. Or, at least the corner of the blogosphere that is concerned with COIN, military affairs, foreign<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/07/the-learning-curve/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ronfeldt Redux</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/06/ronfeldt-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blew it on Wednesday, posting this extremely interesting article by David Ronfeldt of the Rand Corporation so late in the day that it was only &#8220;onscreen&#8221; for a few hours before being shuffled downpage into the archives.  So here&#8217;s a re-post that I&#8217;ll leave up in the featured position all weekend.  The piece ran<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/06/ronfeldt-redux/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How We Got There: A Short Bibliography</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/06/how-we-got-there-a-short-bibliography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a terrific mini-bibliography from guest blogger Jeremy Ward that takes us back to the genesis of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
In 2001, in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, an extremely lean contingent of American forces&#8211;mostly CIA, SF and other special operators and intelligence specialists, backed up by U.S. air power&#8211;made their way into the<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/06/how-we-got-there-a-short-bibliography/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From somebody REALLY smart</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/06/from-somebody-really-smart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an Op-ed piece by David Ronfeldt, a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation.  I&#8217;m a big fan of his work and will be citing more of it here in the future.  Mr. Ronfeldt has given permission to reprint this article in its entirety.  Thanks, David!
21st Century Tribes
By David Ronfeldt
In Afghanistan and<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2009/06/from-somebody-really-smart/">More >></a>]]></description>
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