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105 Building a HighPerforming Unit
An Army Battalion’s Leadership
Journey in Preparation for
Combat in Afghanistan

Review Essay
120 Counterinsurgency
What the United States Learned
in Vietnam, Chose to Forget, and
Needs to Know Today

Col. Kevin A. McAninch, U.S. Army

Col. Eric Walters,
U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

A former military intelligence battalion
commander explains the unique way his
unit prepared its leaders for deployment to
Afghanistan by partnering with the Center
for Creative Leadership to create a leader
development program.

The reviewer critiques a book in
which the author discusses the lessons
learned during the Vietnam War (but
since forgotten) and how they apply to
today’s counterinsurgency fight.

113 The Army Civilian Corps
Professionals in the Making
Col. Kim Summers,
U.S. Army, Retired
The author cites Army doctrine to argue that
Department of the Army civilians are indeed
professionals and members of the Army
Profession. This article responds to a previous
Military Review article that held a differing
viewpoint.

Book Reviews
123

Readers provide analyses of
contemporary readings for the
military professional.

Soldiers from the 774th Engineer Company, Route Clearance Package 47, provide a security sweep through fields in the Khugyani
District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, 19 January 2011.
(Photo by Spc. Boyd Cameron, Combat Camera - Afghanistan)

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