At the Limits of Knowledge – Human Terrain System

• Authors: Magdalena El Ghamari

Abstracts

EN

Armed conflict is a human enterprise such that, by extension, understanding of the human dimension in a given area of operations should be thought integral to planning successful operations. Human Terrain System (HTS) was the most expensive social science program in history – the US Army’s has quietly come to an end. During its ten years of existence, the controversial program cost tax payers more than $725 million. The Pentagon distributed much of the funding to two large defense firms that became the HTS’s principal contractors: BAE Systems and CGI Federal.

Keywords

EN

HTS; TRADOC; Human Terrain System; US Army; security; defense; culture; military training; US Department of Defense

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1 (25)
• Pages: 74-87

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Magdalena El Ghamari

• Collegium Civitas w Warszawie

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