Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), 248n
Loyd and, 58–64, 261n
in Zabul, 60–64
Qala Khan, Hajji, 204–5
Salam and, 205, 207–8, 210, 213, 321n–22n
Qalat, 60, 62
Ramirez, Mequilita, 102
Ramrod, Forward Operating Base, 93, 132, 172, 221, 272n, 325n–26n
physical appearance of, 69–70, 262n
RAND Corporation, 116–17
rapport, 121, 287n–88n
Rath, Joshua L., 298n
Rathje, Mike, 56–57
Republicans, 285n
Research Triangle Institute International, 66–67
Reuters, 323n–24n
Rich, Michael:
Ayala’s sentencing and, 156–59
military career of, 157, 301n–2n
and Salam, 157–59
Riefenstahl, Leni, 112
Rohde, David, 320
Route Irish, 152
Rumsfeld, Donald, 35, 249n
Sabari, 162
Sadoo Khan, Hajji, 203–5
on bandits in Maiwand, 209, 323n
on independent Afghans vs. slaves, 210
Salam and, 203–4, 208, 213, 322n–23n
and story of stolen tractor, 208
on women, 209, 322n–23n
Sagarin, Rafe, 51, 257n
Said, Edward, 119
St. Thomas, 51, 54, 129, 256n
Salam, Abdul, 13–16, 199–208, 210–23, 319n–26n
alleged mental illness of, 22, 211–15, 217–19, 222, 324n
arson in history of, 218–19
attempted escape of, 208
and Ayala, 146, 154–55, 157–59
brother of, 204, 210, 212–13, 215, 218–23
capture of, 19–22, 211–12, 236n–37n, 301n, 321n
childhood of, 204, 218
Ehsan on, 217–18
emotions of, 213, 215
employment of, 14–15, 204, 207, 215, 218–20, 324n
father of, 204–5, 207–8, 212–13, 218–20, 321n
Loyd attacked by, 16, 204–6, 211–13, 217–19, 321n–22n, 326n
Qala Khan and, 205, 207–8, 210, 213, 321n–22n
release of body of, 215–16, 323n
Sadoo Khan and, 203–4, 208, 213, 322n–23n
shooting of, 22, 127–28, 131–39, 144–47, 153–60, 206, 208, 210, 212, 215–16, 219–20, 237n, 292n–94n, 301n, 321n, 324n–25n
story of stolen tractor of, 204, 208, 215, 219–20
as symbol, 223
Taliban and, 204–5, 207–8, 214–15, 217–19, 222, 321n, 324n
Salang Tunnel, 80, 265n–66n
San Antonio, Tex., 48, 50, 130
Santwier, Andi, 78, 80, 139, 225
Ayala’s sentencing and, 153–54, 160
Sanusi of Cyrenaica, The (Evans-Pritchard), 113
Sapone, Sean, 115–17
Scales, Robert H., 28
Schweitzer, Martin “Marty,” 45–46, 194, 254n–55n
September 11th, 24–25, 30, 39, 43, 55, 71, 78–79, 144, 151, 175, 179, 241n
Settlement 1, 180–86
Sewall, Sarah, 42
Sherzai, Abdul Razik, 216–17
Sherzai, Gul Agha, 86, 216, 271n
Shiites, Shia, 31, 180, 243n–44n
Shinseki, Eric, 34–35, 246n
Singesar, 85, 270n–71n
Skotnicki, Justin, 19, 21, 127, 212, 236n, 237n
Slaikeu, Karl, 169–70, 307n
Sluka, Jeffrey A., 284n
Smith, Don, 38, 41, 44, 250n, 252n, 254n
Solomon, Wendy, 259n
Sosh, 32, 244n
Soviet-Afghan War, 7, 31, 44, 61, 79, 210, 263n, 311n
Grau and, 25, 238n
Gusinov and, 89–91
Mujaheddin and, 24–25, 85, 90, 171–72
Soviet Union, 60, 79
fall of, 23, 38, 238n
Foreign Military Studies Office and, 25, 238n
and Gusinov’s move to U.S., 89–90
Soyka, Michael, 262n
Special Operations Research Office (SORO), 123
Spen (HTS analyst), 172–73, 307n–8n
State Department, U.S., 66, 120, 145, 198, 226, 243n, 245n, 248n
Karzai’s bodyguard detail and, 78, 152, 266n
Project Camelot and, 123, 290n–91n
PRTs and, 58, 60, 64
Status of Forces Agreement, 173
structural functionalism, 114
Sturgis, Milan, 303n
Sudan, 113
Sunrise, 147–49
Supreme Court, U.S., 143, 298n
Suveges, Nicole, 162, 167–68
Tactical Ground Reporting System (TIGR), 243n, 253n
Tajiks, 78–79, 170, 276n
Taliban, 237n, 273n–76n
Afghanistan and, 7, 9, 26, 59, 73–74, 76, 78–79, 83, 85–86, 88, 91, 93–96, 99, 134–37, 172, 174–75, 177, 179, 188, 190, 199–210, 213–14, 216–18, 222, 224, 261n, 263n–64n, 295n, 311n, 319n–21n, 323n–25n
Arman and, 61–62
assassination campaigns of, 203, 320n
Cooper and, 73–76, 263n–64n
fall of, 55, 73, 78–79, 86, 175
HTS and, 83, 94
Jack Bauer and, 12–13, 234n
Karzai and, 78–79, 95, 202
Loyd’s death and, 155, 199–200, 204, 206, 213–14, 216–17, 319n, 323n–25n
Maiwand, 14, 85–86, 88, 91, 93–96, 99, 201, 214, 235n, 270n–71n
night letters and, 179, 311n
origins of, 85, 270n
Pakistan and, 61, 79, 86, 202–3, 210
reintegration of, 174, 202, 320n
Salam and, 204–5, 207–8, 214–15, 217–19, 222, 321n, 324n
in Zabul, 62–63
Teamey, Kyle, 253n
Team Spirit, 33
technology, 23–27, 39
cultural intelligence and, 24–25, 29, 238n–39n
Grau and, 25, 38, 239n
Iraq and, 26–27, 35, 239n, 248n
and U.S. war in Afghanistan, 26, 249n, 277n
terrorists, terrorism, 3, 45, 66, 110, 118, 155, 164, 233n
Ayala’s sentencing and, 157–58
IRA and, 112–13
on September 11th, 24–25, 30, 39, 43, 55, 71, 78–79, 144, 151, 175, 179, 241n
targeting of, 10, 176, 252n–53n, 310n
Thailand, 124–25
Toledo, Lucy, 264n
Tom Cruise, 11, 22, 211, 237n
Tracy (HTS social scientist), 45–46, 255n
Trader Vic’s, 103
tribes, tribal systems, 34, 56, 81, 94–97, 116, 124, 137, 216
cultural intelligence and, 3, 10, 29–31, 242n–43n, 249n, 277n
HTS and, 45–46, 88–89, 91
Karzai and, 78–79
in Maiwand, 88–89, 91, 94–96, 99
and need for cooperation between military and civilian workers, 65–66, 261n
and U.S. war in Afghanistan, 26, 86
Truman, Harry, 245n
Twilight of the Idols (Nietzsche), 110
Umar, Mohammad (Salam’s father), 204–5, 207–8, 212–13, 218–20, 321n
on Ayala, 219–20
on son’s history of arson, 218–19
on story of stolen tractor, 219–20
United Nations, 7, 26, 113
Afghanistan and, 63–65, 134, 295n, 313n
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 169, 248n, 296n
and Loyd, 56, 60, 161, 261n
and PRTs, 58, 60, 64
U.S. Army Field Manual 2–0, 314n
U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, 42–44, 252n–53n
United States Sentencing Commission, 300n
Urgent Fury, Operation, 33, 151
use-of-force continuum, 138
Vietnam, Vietnam War, 2, 23–25, 41, 58, 122, 133, 157, 192, 248n, 290n–91n, 294n
ethnography and, 30–31
Fondacaro and, 32–34, 244n
France and, 34, 245n
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br /> opposition to, 32, 124, 244n
Phoenix Program and, 191, 314n
villages, villagers, 65, 74, 109, 124, 175, 79, 182, 202, 237n, 263n, 271n, 276n–78n
in Bali, 120–21
cultural intelligence and, 3, 195, 277n
HTS and, 81, 92–96
Loyd’s military career and, 56, 259n
Maiwand and, 95–96, 98–99, 215–16, 235n
Salam and, 206, 215–16, 319n–20n
Zabul and, 61–63
violence, 205, 214
combat-stress related injuries and, 146–47, 155
HTS Khost mission and, 46, 255n
Kabul and, 64, 240n, 270n
Kandahar and, 55, 86, 207–10
Salam and, 154–56, 223
see also bombs, bombers, bombing
Voelkel, Trevor, 262n, 297n–98n
Votel, Joseph, 35–36, 44, 246n
Walker, Steve, 258n, 260n
Ward, Patty (Loyd’s mother):
and attack on daughter, 129–30
Ayala’s sentencing and, 156–57, 160
and daughter’s childhood and adolescence, 48–51, 54
daughter’s death and, 141, 156–57
daughter’s education and, 48, 53, 256n, 261n
daughter’s legacy and, 226
daughter’s medical treatment and, 140, 146
daughter’s military career and, 258n, 260n
letter in support of Ayala by, 145–46
and shooting of Salam, 132, 146, 301n
Warren, Mike, 97, 267n
and Ayala’s arrest and imprisonment, 138, 294n
HTS and, 82, 89, 92, 278n, 320n
Salam and, 153, 217, 294n, 320n
Washington, D.C., 55, 64, 116–17, 139, 163, 179, 274n
Wellesley College, 1, 7, 52–53, 56, 99, 226, 258n
Westerberg, Cecil (Barney West), 103–5, 279n
Weston Resolve, 163–65
West Point, 31–32, 45, 244n–45n, 273n
Wiker, Gretchen, 49
Wilson, Cintra, 108–9, 196–97
Wilson, Dr. (alias), 307
Wilson, Woodrow, 40, 245n
Wolf, Eric, 125, 291n
women:
Bedouin, 56–57
FET and, 177, 311n
in Iraq, 36, 40, 189, 248n
Loyd and, 56–58, 62–63, 93–94, 226
in Maiwand, 209, 275n, 322n–23n
marriages and, 36, 56–58, 206, 209, 247n
misogyny and, 199, 206, 208–10, 321n–22n
Sadoo Khan on, 209, 322n–23n
see also under Afghanistan
Woodrow Wilson Center, 64–66, 261n
World Basic Information Library, 39–40, 252n
World War I, 40, 121–22, 241n
World War II, 48, 103–4, 107, 113, 241n, 283n
anthropology and, 122, 289n
geography and, 40, 251n
Yale University, 113–14
Zabul, 226
Arman and, 61–62
Loyd in, 60–64, 66, 96–97, 161, 261n
PRT in, 60–64
Zadran, 45–46
Zhari, 269n–71n, 273n
Zinni, Anthony, 24
Zulu wars, 269n
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1. Afghan War, 2001—Campaigns—Afghanistan—De Maywand Kariz. 2. Loyd, Paula. 3. United States. Army. Human Terrain System. 4. Counterinsurgency—Afghanistan—De Maywand Kariz. 5. Applied anthropology—Afghanistan. 6. Anthropologists—United States—Biography. 7. Cooper, Clint. 8. Ayala, Don. 9. Applied anthropology—United States—Moral and ethical aspects. 10. Social sciences—Research—United States—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. DS371.4123.M35 2013 958.104’71—dc23
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