Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula · first published 1964
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…has assigned them, and their employment in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals a poisonously cavalier attitude towards non-American lives. The right way to fight COIN campaigns is known (see David Galula, _Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice_ (1967)); it is not the same as the Pentagon's -- although in fairness, the US military has been trending in the right direction since the happy day when Rumsfeld was given the boot.
on “WikiLeaks plans to post video showing US massacre of Afghani civilians” ↗Indeed, and once you acquire this mental model you notice it everywhere. I first picked it up by reading David Galula's book Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice. I commend that work to everyone who finds this topic interesting — it's a wonderful book and among the few that I keep on my shelf for periodic rereading. The central ideas are applicable…
on “Ukraine drones 'emerged from trucks' before strikes on bombers” ↗