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