At the Limits of Knowledge – Human Terrain System
At the Limits of Knowledge – Human Terrain System
Author(s): Magdalena El GhamariSubject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: HTS; TRADOC; Human Terrain System; US Army; security; defense; culture; military training;
Summary/Abstract: 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.
Journal: Securitologia
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 75-87
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English