M Chris Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 4010094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Chris Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Army War College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Coin Doctrine Is Wrong
Counterinsurgency does not increase the legitimacy of, or support for, central governments engaged in internal conflicts. Recent research shows quantifiable degrees of government legitimacy, national identity, and population security are necessary precursors and accurate predictors of a government’s ability to outlast a civil uprising. Because the first two predictors—government legitimacy and national identity—can be measured and do not increase…
Nation-Building is an Oxymoron
Nations are not built. They form almost imperceptibly from within over long spans of historical time. Since the end of World War II, no country that was not a nation has ever won a counterinsurgency or suppressed a civil war. Field Manual 3-24 Counterinsurgency is wrong because it is premised on the false assumption that support for an existing government can be increased during a civil war/ insurgency as a result of the counterinsurgents' action…
Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area
January 01 2009 Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area? Kimberly Marten, Kimberly Marten Kimberly Marten is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College at Columbia University. Her most recent book is Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004). The author gratefully acknowledges the Smith Richardson Foundation for its generous support of her research. Her conclusio…
No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area has become the most dangerous frontier on earth, and the most challenging for the United States' national security interests. Critically, the portion of the border region that is home to extremist groups such the Taliban and al-Qaida coincides almost exactly with the area overwhelmingly dominated by the Pashtun tribes. The implications of this salient fact—that most of Pakistan's and Afghanistan's violent reli…
Understanding the Taliban and Insurgency in Afghanistan
Understanding the Taliban and Insurgency in Afghanistan
No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area has become the most dangerous frontier on earth, and the most challenging for the United States' national security interests. Critically, the portion of the border region that is home to extremist groups such the Taliban and al-Qaida coincides almost exactly with the area overwhelmingly dominated by the Pashtun tribes. The implications of this salient fact—that most of Pakistan's and Afghanistan's violent reli…
Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area
January 01 2009 Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area? Kimberly Marten, Kimberly Marten Kimberly Marten is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College at Columbia University. Her most recent book is Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004). The author gratefully acknowledges the Smith Richardson Foundation for its generous support of her research. Her conclusio…
Understanding the Taliban and Insurgency in Afghanistan
No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area has become the most dangerous frontier on earth, and the most challenging for the United States' national security interests. Critically, the portion of the border region that is home to extremist groups such the Taliban and al-Qaida coincides almost exactly with the area overwhelmingly dominated by the Pashtun tribes. The implications of this salient fact—that most of Pakistan's and Afghanistan's violent reli…
Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area
January 01 2009 Misunderstanding Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area? Kimberly Marten, Kimberly Marten Kimberly Marten is Professor of Political Science at Barnard College at Columbia University. Her most recent book is Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004). The author gratefully acknowledges the Smith Richardson Foundation for its generous support of her research. Her conclusio…
Nation-Building is an Oxymoron
Nations are not built. They form almost imperceptibly from within over long spans of historical time. Since the end of World War II, no country that was not a nation has ever won a counterinsurgency or suppressed a civil war. Field Manual 3-24 Counterinsurgency is wrong because it is premised on the false assumption that support for an existing government can be increased during a civil war/ insurgency as a result of the counterinsurgents' action…
Coin Doctrine Is Wrong
Counterinsurgency does not increase the legitimacy of, or support for, central governments engaged in internal conflicts. Recent research shows quantifiable degrees of government legitimacy, national identity, and population security are necessary precursors and accurate predictors of a government’s ability to outlast a civil uprising. Because the first two predictors—government legitimacy and national identity—can be measured and do not increase…
Law (4 works) · Military History and Strategy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Government (linguistics) (2 works) · Insurgency (2 works) · Law (2 works)