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Shortland, ND, Nader, E, Sari, H, Palace, M and Hilland, C (2018) Murder on Maneuver: Exploring green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan. Armed Forces and Society, 45 (2). pp. 368-388. ISSN 0095-327X
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Abstract
Green-on-blue attacks have a devastating psychological, tactical, and operational effect on military operations in Afghanistan. In spite of this, no empirical research has offered a data-driven examination of these attacks, leaving a gap that this article aims to address. By analyzing a large (yet inevitability incomplete) open-source database developed on these attacks, we present data on the perpetrators and victims of these attacks. We also investigate whether green-on-blue attacks are related to the number of civilian casualties in that area; finding that (unlike wider insurgent violence) they are not. Instead, we find that it is the number of troops present within a Regional Command that is positively correlated with the likelihood that a green-on-blue attack will occur. We discuss the implications of these findings with reference to future issues of force protection.
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| Additional Information: | The Author(s), Murder on Maneuver: Exploring green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan,Armed Forces and Society, 2019,Vol.45 (2) 368-388 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0095327X17752425 journals.sagepub.com/home/afs |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1606 Political Science, 1608 Sociology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2017 13:26 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2024 11:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/0095327X17752425 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7575 |
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