wrote a book about this approach

Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann played a major role in implementing it and became an enthusiastic proponent of the concept. He later wrote a book about this approach to counterinsurgency and counterterrorism, Game Changers: Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists.[18] Based on assessments of its positive impact, General McChrystal’s replacement, General David Petraeus, strongly supported it. VSO implementation began in 2010 and ended in 2013 as part of the general withdrawal of US forces. Lieutenant Colonel Mann and the other officers conducting the VSO program went to great lengths to familiarize themselves with the cultural norms and practices of the Pashtun communities they engaged. It was an unusual US Army effort to use a traditional form of village self-defense for counterinsurgency. Moreover, in Pashtun areas where the arbakai had fallen into disuse, the US Army intended to restore the custom, which was backed by favorable สล็อต เว็บตรง