Strike and Destroy: When Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Doctrine Met Hellraiser’s Brigade or, The Fate of Corporal Morlock

by Stjepan G. Meštrović

In a "spontaneous-combustion theory" of war crimes, Jeremy Morlock and 11 other soldiers were charged with having murdered 3 Afghans, as if they just spontaneously did monstrous things. But in an extraordinary court-martial the Defense showed that in fact the atrocities originated in a failure of leadership and a dysfunctional brigade climate. Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic, a professional sociologist who has testified in the trial, explains.

314 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012