Discover the places David Kilcullen examines in Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla. http://oxford.ly/13Gh7fd
0: Dara-i Nur District, Afghanistan Ver detalle |
1: Hindu Kush, Afghanistan Ver detalle |
2: FOB in the mountains of Afghanistan Ver detalle |
3: Baghdad Ver detalle |
4: Mumbai slums Ver detalle |
5: Mogadishu Ver detalle |
6: Checkpoint on the outskirts of Mogadishu Ver detalle |
7: Somali building destroyed Ver detalle |
8: Afgoye Ver detalle |
9: Shops and markets in a Mogadishu street Ver detalle |
10: Apartments in Misurata Ver detalle |
11: Slum in Dhaka Ver detalle |
12: La Rocinha Ver detalle |
13: Monrovia Ver detalle |
14: Monrovia data gathering Ver detalle |
15: Exhibition in Libya. Ver detalle |
16: Kafranbel Local Council, Syria Ver detalle |
17: Cordillera Central Ver detalle |
18: Mahmudiya, Iraq Ver detalle |
19: Marching towards Kerbal Ver detalle |
20: Protest march, Egypt Ver detalle |
21: View of Tahrir Ver detalle |
22: Police in Benin City. Ver detalle |
A mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP), a few minutes before the ambush in Dara-i Nur District, Afghanistan, September 10, 2009. Photo: David Kilcullen.
Hindu Kush, Afghanistan—the remote landlocked mountain environment has become the default for many western militaries, diplomats, and development agencies since 2001. Photo: David Kilcullen.
Forward operating base (FOB) of French Chasseurs Alpins in the mountains of Afghanistan, December 2009. Photo: David Kilcullen.
American and Iraqi troops securing an area south of Baghdad, 2007. The Iraq War saw intense urban fighting, but mainly in U.S./Iraqi operational areas. Photo: David Kilcullen.
Coastal megacity—a Mumbai slum. Note the mix of high-rise and shanty settlements and the satellite dish in the center of the photograph. Photo: Gordon Dixon.
Feral city—African Union peacekeepers drive past shops and power lines on the streets of Mogadishu, June 2012. Photo: David Kilcullen.
Competitive control—Somali clan militia at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Mogadishu, June 2012. Photo: David Kilcullen.
Competitive control—a Somali building destroyed by militants as punishment for its owners’ failure to pay insurgent taxes. Photo: David Kilcullen.
Competitive control—African Union troops with weapons, radios ,and ammunition captured from al-Shabaab during the battle of Afgoye, June 2012. Photo: David Kilcullen.
The feral city—flourishing shops and markets in a Mogadishu street, 2012. Photo: David Kilcullen.
The Libyan uprising—apartments in the coastal city of Misurata. Note the satellite antennas and the heavy weapons on “technicals” in the foreground. Photo: Anna Prouse.
Urban overstretch—flimsy dwellings on stilts in a riverside slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Niels Van Gijn.
“Informal governance—rooftop water systems and satellite antennas in the favela of La Rocinha, Brazil. Photo: Linda Epstein.
Co-design—women in a Liberian district gather data on community confidence and threat perceptions, August 2012. Photo: Matt McNabb.
Kafranbel Local Council, Syria. Photo via Caerus Associates network.
Landing Zone, Colombian Cordillera Central with Colombian SOF, March 2009.
Mahmudiya Iraq, 29 May 2007 - BG Ali Jassim, 4-6 IA Bde, briefs Dr Kilcullen on progress of search ops. (c) 10th Mtn Div Public Affairs.
Marching towards Kerbala. Photo by Anna Prouse.
Protest march, Egypt, June 2013. Photo by Jacob Burke.
View of Tahrir from Cairo Tower, June 2013. Photo by Jacob Burke.
Working with police in Benin City. Photo by MattMcNabb.