Kimberly Kagan
Kimberly Kagan is president of the Institute for
the Study of War and the author of The Surge: A Military History. She has traveled twice
to Afghanistan this year to review military operations, the second time as part
of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's formal strategic assessment team. The views in
this essay are hers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the commander,
the team, or the formal assessment.
