The US set a date for Philippine independence in 1915 (IIRC); it was originally sometime in 1942-44; it was delayed by WWII. I strongly recommend Earl "Pete" E

The US set a date for Philippine independence in 1915 (IIRC); it was originally sometime in 1942-44; it was delayed by WWII. I strongly recommend Earl "Pete" Ellis' article "The Bush Wars" which basically details the US Marine's counterinsurgency strategy in the Philippines; it's very similar to modern COIN doctrine, I'm told. The article can be found in 21st Century Ellis, which also has his "Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia"---the Marine's part of the plan for WWII in the Pacific. Here's parts: https://warontherocks.com/2015/03/the-bush-wars-ellis-on-america-fighting-in-the-philippines/ https://warontherocks.com/2015/03/the-bush-wars-ellis-on-ame... https://warontherocks.com/2015/03/the-bush-wars-ellis-on-population-centric-counterinsurgency/ https://warontherocks.com/2015/03/the-bush-wars-ellis-on-pop... https://warontherocks.com/2015/04/the-bush-wars-ellis-on-intel-governance-and-ethics-in-counterinsurgency/ https://warontherocks.com/2015/04/the-bush-wars-ellis-on-int... But I still don't know what happened in Afghanistan. I have heard the complaint, "How can we plan for Phase IV when we're still trying to figure out Phase I-III?" but it was 20 years....