---
title: "Mackinder Forum Virtual Seminar # 44: \"First Principles after Kabul: A Soldier's Reflection” by Anonymous."
description: "Mackinder Forum Virtual Seminar # 44: \"First Principles after Kabul: A Soldier's Reflection” by Anonymous."
---

[Mackinder Forum Archive ](https://mackinderforum.org/blog)

# [Mackinder Forum Virtual Seminar # 44: "First Principles after Kabul: A Soldier's Reflection” by Anonymous.](https://mackinderforum.org/blog/mackinder-forum-seminar-44-first-principles-after-kabul-a-soldiers-reflection-by-anonymous)

 Written by [admin](https://mackinderforum.org/blog/author/admin) | Nov 24, 2021 5:00:00 AM

On November 20, 2021, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern US Time an anonymous scholar and soldier presented his personal reflections, "First Principles after Kabul: A Soldier's Reflection.”  

THE ABSTRACT and BIOGRAPHICAL statement are withheld at the request of the presenter.  

READINGS included:

FM 3-24, *Army and Marine Corps Counter-Insurgency Field Manual *(2007), paragraphs 1-113 to 1-120. 

FM 3-24, *Army and Marine Corps Counter-Insurgency Field Manual *(2014), Chapter 1, esp. paragraphs 1-27 to 1-33.

Mission Afghanistan: Advice for a U.S. Special Operations Unit *Small Wars Journal, *2009.

White House National Security Strategy, 2010, esp., 1-9.

[View full post](https://mackinderforum.org/blog/mackinder-forum-seminar-44-first-principles-after-kabul-a-soldiers-reflection-by-anonymous)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "admin"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2025-01-06T18:53:39.612Z",
  "datePublished" : "2021-11-24T05:00:00Z",
  "headline" : "Mackinder Forum Virtual Seminar # 44: \"First Principles after Kabul: A Soldier's Reflection” by Anonymous.",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://mackinderforum.org/blog/mackinder-forum-seminar-44-first-principles-after-kabul-a-soldiers-reflection-by-anonymous",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "blog"
  }
}
```