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August 28, 2007
Counterinsurgency in Hollywood
LTC John Nagl is a fine guest on the Jon Stewart Show. Nagl was one of the co-authors of the new "U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual."
LTC Nagl is solid, really funny and deeply human. He sums up the manual like this: “Be professional, be polite, be prepared to kill.”
Perfect.
You can view the Nagl interview here.
You can order the US Army/Marine Corps Field Counterinsurgency Manual here. Essential reading.
Or you can download the entire manual here.
This high-profile appearance is no fluke. General Petraeus is fighting back against the Iraqi defeatists with his own PR machine. Petraeus, more than any other fighting general, understands the importance of propaganda. Let's hope that we will see many more appearances by Nagl and other fine soldiers who speak so eloquently for our country and our troops.
I'd also like to recommend LTC Nagl's Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malay and Vietnam. This is a deeply relevant text for those of us who understand that we have entered a new period of warfare: Fourth Generation Warfare.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at August 28, 2007 03:45 PM
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Hah. Coincidence. I just ordered it. and most of Barbara Tuchman's and John Keegan's oeuvre also. I'm in the mood for books about WAR!
Posted by: Yehudit at August 28, 2007 07:54 PM
Yehudit:
As you once said to me: Great minds, etc:) BTW, Barbara Tuchman's "A Distant Mirror" might be my most favorite history book ever. I've read it so many times the binding is absolutely shredded.
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at August 28, 2007 08:17 PM
check out the irony, Jewish lawyer defending radical Saudi Terrorist organization.
Posted by: pixologic at August 28, 2007 09:41 PM