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comparisons between intelligence and,
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,
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–22,
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–89
n

counterinsurgencies and,
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–19,
124
–25,
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–87
n

cultural intelligence and,
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–3,
29
–31,
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,
243
n

HTS and,
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–2,
10
,
41
,
45
–46,
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–2,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n,
303
n,
305
n
–6
n

Iraq and,
29
–31,
37
,
118

Lévi-Strauss on,
119
–20

Loyd and,
7
,
50
,
53
–54,
56
,
125
,
256
n,
258
n

McFate and,
29
–31,
43
,
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,
105
,
112
–18,
125
–26,
250
n,
282
n,
284
n
–86
n,
291
n,
316
n

politics and,
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,
118
,
125
,
240
n,
285
n,
287
n

war and,
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,
110
–11,
115
,
118
,
121
–22,
125
–26,
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n

Arab Mind, The
(Patai),
118

Arabs, Arabic,
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,
45
,
79
,
81
,
164
,
189
,
194
,
214
,
240
n,
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n

and cultural intelligence in Iraq,
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,
247
n

and Grau’s trip to Iraq,
39
–40

Lawrence and,
101
,
120
–21

Arkin, William M.,
245
n

Arman, Delbar,
61
–63

army, Afghan,
12
,
223
–24,
269
n,
274
n

U.S. withdrawal and,
224
,
326
n

Army, U.S.,
30
,
40
,
105
,
118
,
130
,
134
,
188
,
209
,
298
n

and attack on Loyd,
16
–21,
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,
132
,
235
n
–36
n,
293
n

and Ayala’s arrest and imprisonment,
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,
138
,
293
n
–94
n

Ayala’s career in,
6
,
78
,
80
,
82
–83,
144
–45,
149
–51,
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,
166
,
299
n

Ayala’s sentencing and,
154
–55,
158
–59

Chehel Gazi patrols and,
6
–11,
13
–19,
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,
232
n
–35
n

Cooper’s career in,
70
–73,
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n
–63
n

cultural intelligence and,
2
,
6
,
28
,
37
–39,
41
,
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,
165
,
173
,
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,
194
–95,
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n

Culture Center of,
172
,
225

Fondacaro and,
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–35,
44

Foreign Military Studies Office and,
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,
37
–38,
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n

Forward Operating Base Ramrod and,
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,
93
,
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n

and Grau’s trip to Iraq,
39
–40

Grenada and,
150
–51

HTS and,
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–3,
10
,
24
,
38
,
41
,
45
–46,
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,
83
,
92
–93,
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,
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,
162
–65,
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,
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,
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–74,
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,
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,
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–94,
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–25,
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–35
n,
303
n,
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n,
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n
–14
n,
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n
–18
n,
326
n

IED attacks and,
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–28,
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,
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–76,
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n
–47
n

intelligence defined by,
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n,
313
n
–14
n

interpreters used by,
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,
16
,
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n

Iraq and,
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–24,
27
–28,
37
,
239
n,
246
n
–47
n

and Jack Bauer’s monitoring of insurgents,
12
–13

Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and,
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–37,
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,
246
n,
249
n,
254
n

Loyd’s career in,
7
,
53
–60,
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–83,
258
n
–61
n

McFate and,
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,
31
,
116

Maiwand and,
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–7,
9
,
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–88,
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,
92
,
94
,
97
,
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,
224
,
232
n,
235
n,
272
n
–74
n

Project Camelot and,
122
–24

and revision of counterinsurgency doctrine,
42
–43,
252
n–
53
n

Salam and,
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,
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–33,
135
,
137
,
154
–55,
158
–59,
206
–8,
211
–12,
215
–17,
236
n
–37
n,
292
n,
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n–
301
n,
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n
–320
n,
343
n
–25
n

technology and,
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n

Vietnam War and,
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,
32
,
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n

World Basic Information Library and,
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,
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Army, U.S., units of:

2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (2–2),
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,
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–84,
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,
90
,
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,
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,
216
,
262
n,
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n
–59
n,
272
n
–74
n,
276
n,
296
n

4th Mechanized Infantry Division,
239
n

5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division,
325
n

10th Mountain Division,
41

82nd Airborne Division,
44
,
149

101st Airborne Division,
38
,
42
,
162

450th Civil Affairs Battalion,
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,
259
n

507th Maintenance Company,
246
n

Air Defense Artillery,
116

Central Command,
10

Comanche Company,
5
–6,
11
,
15
–18,
93
,
141
,
235
n

Criminal Investigation Division,
139
,
159
,
215
–16,
324
n

Darkhorse Company,
93
,
273
n

Rangers,
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,
31
,
33
,
35
,
82
,
150
–51

Special Forces,
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,
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,
45
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–75,
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,
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,
83
,
86
,
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–45,
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,
156
–57,
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,
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n,
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n
–72
n

Special Operations,
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,
55
,
151
,
175

Special Technical Operations,
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,
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n

Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC),
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,
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–38,
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,
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,
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,
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–25,
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n,
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–18
n,
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Atkinson, Rick,
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Ayala, Don,
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–83,
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–39,
143
–60,
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–303
n,
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n

Afghan police and,
21
,
237
n

on anthropology,
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artistic talent of,
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–81,
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–48,
225

and attack on Loyd,
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,
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–22,
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–28,
131
–33,
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,
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n

bodyguard career of,
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,
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–81,
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,
136
–38,
145
,
152
–53,
155
,
265
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–68
n

Chehel Gazi patrol and,
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–9,
11
,
16
,
19
,
232
n,
235
n

childhood and adolescence of,
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,
147
–49

and civilian casualties in Afghanistan,
134
–35

criminal charges against,
138
–39,
143

cultural intelligence and,
91
–93

education of,
147
–48,
151

HTS and,
6
–8,
11
,
81
–82,
88
–89,
91
–94,
98
,
135
,
137
–39,
162
,
166
–70,
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n,
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n,
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n,
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–68
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n,
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305
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–6
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injuries of,
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,
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interpreters used by,
11
–12

on Karzai’s treatment of Afghans,
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–80,
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n

letters from supporters of,
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–46,
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–57

and Loyd,
8
,
18
,
82
–83,
92
,
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,
157
,
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n,
268
n,
300
n

Maiwand and,
23
,
82
,
88
–89,
91
–94,
97
–98,
127
–28,
131
,
133
,
135
,
137
,
153
,
156
,
159
,
221
,
273
n
–74
n

mentoring skills of,
80
–81,
137
–38

military career of,
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,
78
,
80
,
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–83,
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–45,
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–51,
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,
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,
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n

nicknames of,
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,
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physical appearance of,
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,
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,
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,
153
,
232
n

physical fitness of,
147
–49

probation of,
160
,
225

and Salam,
19
–22,
127
–28,
131
–39,
144
–47,
153
–60,
212
,
219
–20,
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n
–37
n,
292
n
–94
n,
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n

sentencing of,
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,
146
,
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–60,
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144
,
146
,
154
–56,
225

and Sunrise,
147
–49,
152
–53

Ayub Khan,
84
,
270
n

Azizabad, bombing of,
134

backtracking,
241
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BAE Systems,
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,
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,
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–18
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