This is another entry in the new WOTR series, Art of War. To submit to Art of War, email Kathleen.McInnis@warontherocks.com with “SUBMISSION” in the subject line. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (W. W. Norton & Company, 1899; 2005). Ann Scott Tyson, American Spartan: the Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant (William Morrow, 2014). … Continue reading Afghanistan and the Colonel Kurtz Effect