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22. William K. Black, “Wall Street Uses Third Way to Lead Its Assault on Social Security.” Huffington Post , November 13, 2012 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/third-way-wall-street_b_2121372.html). See also Jim Kessler, David Kendall, Ryan McConaghy, and Jonathan Cowan, “The Case for Taking Up Entitlement Reform.” Third Way, March 2011 (http://www.thirdway.org/publications/380).

23. Carlos Lozada, “Setting Priorities for the Afghan War: When CNAS talks, people listen.” New York Times , June 7, 2009.

24. Center for a New American Security (http://www.cnas.org/about).

25. Michael Hastings, “The Runaway General.” Rolling Stone, June 22, 2010 (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622?page=2).

26. COINdinistas and disciples: Michael Keane, “The Pentagon’s Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Rise and Fall of the ‘Coindinistas.’” The Blaze, March 24, 2013 (http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/the-pentagons-insurgents-david-petraeus-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-coindinistas/).

Adherents: Andrew C. McCarthy, “Moving forward in Afghanistan.” National Review Online, December 9, 2009 (http://m.nationalreview.com/articles/228763/moving-forward-afghanistan/andrew-c-mccarthy).

Prophets: Laleh Khalili, “The New (and Old) Classics of Counterinsurgency.” Middle East Research and Information Project, vol. 40, Summer 2010 (http://www.merip.org/mer/mer255/new-old-classics-counterinsurgency).

Guru: Toby Dodge, “General Petraeus Goes to Kabul.” IDEAS , London School of Economics, Issue 5, September 2010 (http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/ideasToday/05/dodge.pdf).

Zeal: Herschel Smith, “Counterinsurgency Zeal.” captainsjournal.com, April 25, 2010 (http://www.captainsjournal.com/2010/04/25/counterinsurgency-zeal/).

27. William A. Galston, “A Question of Life and Death: U.S. Policy in Afghanistan.” The Brookings Institution, June 15, 2010 (http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2010/06/15-afghanistan-galston).

28. Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, “One-Sided COIN.” The American Conservative, August 1, 2009 (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/one-sided-coin/).

29. Center for a New American Security’s Supporters (http://www.cnas.org/content/cnas-supporters).

30. Nathan Hodge, “Coalition of the Shilling.” The Nation, March 11, 2010 (http://www.thenation.com/article/coalition-shilling).

31. Richard Fontaine and John Nagl, “The New Reality about U.S. Contractors.” CBS News, December 21, 2009 (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-new-reality-about-us-contractors/).

32. Jason Horowitz, “Hot Policy Wonks for the Democrats: The New Realists.” New York Observer, August 15, 2007 (http://observer.com/2007/08/hot-policy-wonks-for-the-democrats-the-new-realists/).

33. U.S. Department of Defense, Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=172).

34. Yochi J. Dreazen, “Obama Dips Into Think Tank Talent.” Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2008 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB122688537606232319).

35. Donald E. Abelson, “Old world, new world: the evolution and influence of foreign affairs think-tanks.” International Affairs, vol. 90, issue 1, January 2014, pp. 125-142 (http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/International%20Affairs/2014/90_1/INTA90_1_08_Abelson.pdf).

36. Center for a New American Security, “John Nagl and Robert Kaplan Named Members of Defense Policy Board.” CNAS press release, July 2, 2009 (http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/press/CNAS%20Appointments%20to%20Defense%20Policy%20Board.pdf).

37. Project Vote Smart, “Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—The Nomination of Kurt Campbell to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, by Dick Lugar, Jim Webb, Jr., and Ted Kaufman,” June 10, 2009 (http://votesmart.org/public-statement/430684/hearing-of-the-senate-foreign-relations-committee-the-nomination-of-kurt-campbell-to-be-assistant-secretary-of-state-for-east-asian-and-pacific-affairs#.UypIcvldUtM).

38. Michael Crowley, “COIN Toss.” New Republic, January 4, 2010 (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/world/coin-toss).

39. For analysis of the COIN strategy, see Andrew Bacevich. In Breach of Trust , he writes (Andrew Bacevich, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country . New York: Metropolitan Books, 2013, p. 109):

. . . even granting the extravagant claims made by those likening Petraeus to Patton or ascribing to him the qualities of a “maverick savior,” the surge posed a problem. If its “success” in Iraq defined the army’s principal contribution to national security, the service was in trouble.

Indeed, when General Stanley McChrystal’s attempt to export COIN to Afghanistan in 2009-10 fizzled, the counterinsurgency balloon quickly deflated.

See also: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/10/the-petraeus-doctrine/306964/; http://www.theamericanconservative.com/prof-bacevich-deflates-coin-happy-crowd-of-1400/; http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/bacevich-reviews-accidental-guerrilla/.

40. Spencer Ackerman, “CNAS Whale Swallows National-Security Journalists Whole.” Attackerman, October 15, 2009 (http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/10/15/cnas-whale-swallows-national-security-journalists-whole/).

41. CBS, “Veterans Talk Troop Deployment.” CBS News, December 2, 2009 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0C1gC0LJhM).

42. Center for a New American Security’s Writers-In-Residence Program (http://www.cnas.org/programs/writers-residence).

43. Shanker, Schmitt, and Sanger just before Shanker and Schmitt took their book leave at CNAS: David E. Sanger, Thom Shanker, and Eric Schmitt, “Obama Gives Way to Rate Efforts in Afghan Region.” New York Times, September 17, 2009 (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E5DE113AF934A2575AC0A96F9C8B63&ref=thomshanker); “People: Thom Shanker.” New York Times (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/thom_shanker/?offset=660&s=newest); Thomas E. Ricks, “A Military Tactician’s Political Strategy.” Washington Post, February 9, 2009 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/08/AR2009020802321.html?sid=ST2009020702304).

44. The ambassador at the time was Karl Eikenberry. Politico, “Cloud Returns to journalism; joins Tribune. ” Politico, March 4, 2010 (http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0310/Cloud_returns_to_journalism_joins_Tribune.html?showall).

45. See Peter Osnos, “Meet Captain Matt Pottinger, United States Marine Corps.” The Atlantic, April 11, 2014 (http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/meet-captain-matt-pottinger-united-states-marine-corps/236825/).

Here is the report: Major General Michael T. Flynn, Captain Matt Pottinger, and Paul D. Batchelor, “Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan.” Voices from the Field, Center for a New American Security, January 2010 (http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/press/AfghanIntel_Flynn_Jan2010_code507_voices.pdf).

46. McChrystal is quoted in: Julian E. Barnes, “U.S. Intelligence chief in Afghanistan wages battle for resources.” Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2009 (http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/25/world/la-fg-afghanistan25-2009nov25). See also: Julian E. Barnes, “The ‘chief operating officer’ in Afghanistan.” Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, December 4, 2009 (http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/weekend-review/articles/the-chief-operating-officer-in-afghanistan-1.542963).