Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 68 counterinsurgency strategy 66 counterinsurgency 60 counter insurgency 54 COIN 52 troop surge 51 McChrystal 49 Petraeus 48 doctrine 47 troop buildup 47 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 46 Gen. Petraeus 46 airpower 46 warfighting 46 Gen. McChrystal 45 troop levels 44 Geneva Conventions 44 Afghanistan 44 Michael O'Hanlon 44 constitutionalism 44 General Stanley McChrystal 43 Abizaid 43 Cordesman 43 Special Forces 43 commanders 43 troop drawdown 43 Field Manual 42 Af Pak 42 CENTCOM 42 QDR 42 neoconservative 42 Marine Corps 41 Doctrine 41 Afghan 41 combat brigades 40 troop reductions 40 Anbar Province 40 Rumsfeld 40 AFRICOM 40 battlefield 40 Odierno 40 Marja 40 insurgency 39 Taliban 39 Army 39 Marjah 39 Iraq 39 Pentagon 39 Admiral Mullen 39 Kristol 39 Kilcullen 39 infantry 39 David Petraeus 39 resurgent Taliban 39 Pashtun 39 pacification 39 Helmand 39 Green Berets 39 Schoomaker 39 democratic ideals 38 Marines 38 Afghans 38 Anbar province 38 troop withdrawal 38 #nd Airborne Division 38 Eikenberry 38 Panjwaii 38 military 38 neoconservatives 38 William Kristol 38 3rd Infantry Division 38 insurgents 38 precepts 38 NATO 38 multilateralism 38 Al Anbar 38 insurgencies 37 guerrilla warfare 37 neo conservative 37 noncombatants 37 peacekeeping 37 #nd Airborne 37 civilian casualties 37 counterterrorist 37 Anthony Cordesman 37 Anbar 37 courts martial 37 offensives 37 troop withdrawals 37 1st Infantry Division 37 GI Bill 37 doctrines 37 Gen. Tommy Franks 37 urban warfare 36 Geneva Convention 36 Zalmay Khalilzad 36 ordinary Afghans 36 Taliban insurgency 36 Taleban 36 soldiering 36 Bagram 36 generals