Over at Small Wars Journal, I sat down with Peter Godwin — author, war correspondent, and veteran of the Rhodesian Bush War– for a discussion on counterinsurgency tactics and strategy. Godwin’s experiences with the British South Africa Police — a Rhodesian police/paramilitary outfit — were strikingly similar to the challenges faced by coalition forces in 21st century Afghanistan. Unsurprisingly, Godwin rejects the minimal footprint strategy (advocated by Vice-President Biden) and offers a sound reiteration of General McChrystal’s population-centric approach to winning in the Hindu Kush. An excerpt: