Frederick W. Kagan

Snapshot
Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan

The drawdown in Afghanistan may be afoot, but racing for the exits will leave large parts of the country -- especially around Kabul in the east -- infested with insurgent havens.

Review Essay
Jan/Feb
2007
Thomas L. McNaugher

Rumsfeld's mishandling of the Iraqi occupation has given the "revolution in military affairs" a bad name. But as Max Boot and Frederick Kagan point out in two new books, transformation is vital to any military's success -- and more important now than ever.

Essay
Jul/Aug
2006
Frederick W. Kagan

Despite obvious manpower shortages in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration remains wedded to spending defense resources on "transformational" new technologies rather than on new troops. Cutting-edge weapons are critical. But what the United States needs above all are more men and women in uniform.

Response
Nov/Dec
2006
Lawrence J. Korb, Peter Ogden, and Frederick W. Kagan

The U.S. military needs more manpower, badly. And this means reordering budgets, putting troops over technology. Or does it?