The executive board of the American Anthropology Association (AAA) has officially expressed “its disapproval of the [Human Terrain System] HTS program,” a military effort that embeds social scientists in the military. The decision to condemn HTS cannot stop academics from signing on, but it will undoubtedly make it harder for the military to recruit qualified […]

The executive board of the American Anthropology Association (AAA) has officially expressed “its disapproval of the [Human Terrain System] HTS program,” a military effort that embeds social scientists in the military. The decision to condemn HTS cannot stop academics from signing on, but it will undoubtedly make it harder for the military to recruit qualified anthropologists to the program, and likely will escalate an already heated war of words between supporters and critics of the work.