Hearts And Minds

What is Hearts And Minds?

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The strategy in guerilla war of winning the support of the resident population by building schools and hospitals instead of conquering by brute force.

In reference to a particularly difficult city in Iraq,"It's a very primal fight," Colonel Davis said. "We don't do a lot of hearts and minds out here because it's irrelevant." (NY Times, 11/6/2005)

See guerilla, iraq, syria
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