Book Reviews
Journal: The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters
Year: 2018

T he authors of Small Wars, Big Data combine a social science approach to the study of asymmetric conflict with the use of large bodies of empirical data-big data-to provide a series of practical operationallevel recommendations for would-be counterinsurgents.On the back cover, Anne-Marie Slaughter tells us this approach "heralds a revolution in conflict studies, one that finally brings development, defense, and diplomacy together at the operational level."Unless one takes the term revolution in