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DePuy Writing Competition Winners!

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2022 General William E. DePuy

Special Topics Writing Competition

This year’s theme was “Insights from Two Decades in Afghanistan”

1st Place

"Haunted by Clausewitz’s Ghost: Moral Forces in the Collapse of the Afghan Military"

John B. (J. B.) Potter

2nd Place

"All Power is Local: Understanding Disciplinary Power to Mobilize the People"

Maj. Robert Rose, U.S. Army

3rd Place

"Civil Dispute Resolution: An Ignored Winning Strategy for Afghanistan"

Col. Cornelia Weiss, U.S. Army, Retired

Honorable Mention

"Military Power Is Insufficient: Learning from Failure in Afghanistan"

Lt. Col. John Q. Bolton, U.S. Army

Honorable Mention

"Rule of Law and Expanding the Reach of Government: Lessons Learned from an AFPAK Hands Foxhole"

Maj. Theresa Ford, U.S. Army, Retired

For information on how to submit an entry, please visit https://www.armyupress.army.mil/DePuy-Writing-Competition/.

U.S. special operations service members conduct combat operations in support of Operation Resolute Support in Southeast Afghanistan, April 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jaerett Engeseth)