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Join us Monday, Oct. 24 for a lecture on "Iraq's Al-Anbar Awakening: Economics, Governance and Tribal Engagement," from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium.
Retired Marine Corps Brigadier General David Reist, who served three tours in Iraq and is currently Vice President of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Strategy and Planning Division, will discuss trends in Iraq's largest province.
This lecture is co-sponsored by ALRI, the Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute. For more information, call 703-228-2144.
Reist spoke with C-Span about the logistics of troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, June 27, 2011:
- Film: "the Desert Of Forbidden Art"
Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute presents the documentary The Desert of Forbidden Art: How Art Survives in Times of Oppression, Monday, Dec. 5, at 3:00 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium. This extraordinary film traces the incredible story...
- Documentary: "mongolia Mining Challenges: Tradition Meets Modern Life"
Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute presents the documentary film Mongolia Mining Challenges: Tradition Meets Modern Life, on Monday, Nov. 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium. Can a traditional rural civilization with a love for the...
- Ed Bearss To Speak On Northern Va And The Civil War
Long Bridge - predecessor to the 14th Street Bridge - spanned the Potomac during the Civil War. In the distance, rural Arlington (then Alexandria County) was little more than trees and farms. In the foreground, Union troops stood guard 24 hours a day...
- Arlington Reads 2011: Film Screenings At Shirlington
As part of our Arlington Reads 2011 program, the Shirlington Branch Library will screen a series of films related to The Soldier's Story. Please join us for: "The Hurt Locker" [2008] - Tuesday, April 5, 6:30 p.m. An intense portrayal of elite American...
- "counter-counterinsurgency Manual" At Shirlington 12/13
Join us Sunday, Dec. 13 for a discussion with the authors of The Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual: Or, notes on demilitarizing American Society, at the Shirlington Branch Library. At a moment when the U.S. military decided it needed cultural expertise...
Library
ALRI Lecture: Iraq's Al-Anbar Awakening - Oct. 24
Join us Monday, Oct. 24 for a lecture on "Iraq's Al-Anbar Awakening: Economics, Governance and Tribal Engagement," from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium.Retired Marine Corps Brigadier General David Reist, who served three tours in Iraq and is currently Vice President of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Strategy and Planning Division, will discuss trends in Iraq's largest province.
This lecture is co-sponsored by ALRI, the Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute. For more information, call 703-228-2144.
Reist spoke with C-Span about the logistics of troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, June 27, 2011:
- Film: "the Desert Of Forbidden Art"
Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute presents the documentary The Desert of Forbidden Art: How Art Survives in Times of Oppression, Monday, Dec. 5, at 3:00 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium. This extraordinary film traces the incredible story...
- Documentary: "mongolia Mining Challenges: Tradition Meets Modern Life"
Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute presents the documentary film Mongolia Mining Challenges: Tradition Meets Modern Life, on Monday, Nov. 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium. Can a traditional rural civilization with a love for the...
- Ed Bearss To Speak On Northern Va And The Civil War
Long Bridge - predecessor to the 14th Street Bridge - spanned the Potomac during the Civil War. In the distance, rural Arlington (then Alexandria County) was little more than trees and farms. In the foreground, Union troops stood guard 24 hours a day...
- Arlington Reads 2011: Film Screenings At Shirlington
As part of our Arlington Reads 2011 program, the Shirlington Branch Library will screen a series of films related to The Soldier's Story. Please join us for: "The Hurt Locker" [2008] - Tuesday, April 5, 6:30 p.m. An intense portrayal of elite American...
- "counter-counterinsurgency Manual" At Shirlington 12/13
Join us Sunday, Dec. 13 for a discussion with the authors of The Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual: Or, notes on demilitarizing American Society, at the Shirlington Branch Library. At a moment when the U.S. military decided it needed cultural expertise...