David Kilcullen on Working with Locals in War

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
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05.09.2010

David Kilcullen is the author of "The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One." Kilcullen was a top military advisor to General Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq. He tells Anne Strainchamps that most counter-insurgency efforts fail because foreign armies usually galvanize opposition from local people.

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