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In 2006 the Human Terrain System was launched by the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. [3] [5] [17] However, military analysts and academics have also suggested earlier historical contexts for the program's development. CORDS: a US military precedent.
Jul 1, 2015 · The U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System (HTS), a program that embedded social scientists with deployed units, endured a rough start as it began deploying teams to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007. 1 These early experiences had a lasting impact on the program.
Feb 8, 2017 · This chapter analyzes the rise and fall of the US Army’s human terrain system (HTS), which was created in 2006 and was terminated in 2014. It cost taxpayers at least $725 million, making it the most expensive social science program in history.
- Roberto J. González
- 2017
AAA Opposes U.S. Military’s Human Terrain System Project. A special initiative launched by the US Military, known as the Human Terrain System (HTS) project, sparked lively debates in the media and the anthropology community at large in fall 2007. The HTS program, which was launched in February 2007, embeds anthropologists and other social ...
Jul 6, 2015 · The Human Terrain System set off intense debates among anthropologists and other social scientists when the U.S. Army in 2005-6 introduced the idea of embedding scholars with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Scott Jaschik
Aug 16, 2013 · Newsweek Magazine. The Human Terrain System Sought to Transform the Army From Within. Aug 16, 2013 at 4:45 AM EDT. Marco Di Lauro/Getty. By Vanessa M. Gezari. In 2007, a team of civilians...
Aug 28, 2009 · The first Human Terrain team deployed in 2007, and today there are roughly 20 teams in Iraq. In January, U.S. Central Command asked the project to more than double the number of teams it deploys to Afghanistan, from six to 13.
