February 21, 2025 • 41 mins
In this edition of Overheard, Phil Wasielewski talks to Dr. Arturo Munoz and Dr. Diane Zorri about the academic papers they presented at last year's FPRI-sponsored conference on Lessons Learned from post-9/11 Irregular Wars. The three will discuss how America used or improperly used local police and militia forces in counterinsurgency campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq and now to do better in the future.
Related reading:
Iraq’s Unfinished War: Security in the Post-Saddam Era by Diane Zorri
The Rise and Fall of Afghanistan’s Local Defense Forces by Arturo Munoz
Related reading:
Iraq’s Unfinished War: Security in the Post-Saddam Era by Diane Zorri
The Rise and Fall of Afghanistan’s Local Defense Forces by Arturo Munoz
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