Abstract
The article focuses on 5th Stryker Brigade's troubling behavior within the military's recent shift to counterinsurgency and the specific challenges the brigade faced. Topics discussed include military's numerous failures to heed red flags over the course of the brigade's participation in the Afghanistan conflict, court martials and investigations along with a snapshot of the international reactions to the U.S. military's behavior and high risk soldiers from active duty when demand for troops.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 575-593 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Volume | 30 |
No | 1 |
Specialist publication | Boston University International Law Journal |
Publisher | Boston University |
State | Published - Jun 1 2012 |
Keywords
- STRYKER brigade combat teams
- COUNTERINSURGENCY
- INTERNATIONAL law
- AFGHAN War, 2001-
- MILITARY personnel