From: Ad 

Ad wrote:
> Ad wrote:
>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>
>> I like Petraeus.
>>
>> His coin manual is one of the first pieces of sense I've seen in a
>> while from the US mil. Most of it was lifted from UK experiences
>> dating back to colonial policing days.
>>
>> http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24fd.pdf
>>
>
> Whoops make that
>
> http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf
>
> D was a near final draft....
>
> Adam

Oh & (cough cough) check the bibliography.....

"THE CLASSICS"

Including....

"Calwell, Charles E. Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. (Reprint of Small Wars: A
Tactical Textbook for Imperial Soldiers [London: Greenhill Books, 1890]. A
British major general who fought in small wars in Afghanistan and the Boer
War provides lessons learned that remain applicable today.)

Galula, David. Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice. London:
Praeger, 1964. (Lessons derived from the author’s observation of insurgency
and counterinsurgency in Greece, China, and Algeria.)

Jeapes, Tony. SAS Secret War. London: Greenhill Books, 2005. (How the
British Special Air Service raised and employed irregular tribal forces to
counter a communist insurgency in Oman during the 1960s and 1970s.)

Kitson, Frank. Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and
Peacekeeping. London: Faber and Faber, 1971. (Explanation of the British
school of counterinsurgency from one of its best practitioners.)

Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. New York: Anchor, 1991.
(Reprint of 1917 book published in London by George Doran. Autobiographical
account of Lawrence of Arabia’s attempts to organize Arab nationalism
during World War I.)"


Jeapes & Kitson are both good reads though Kitson leaves out some of
the somewhat harsher methods. OK I admit to a leaning towards Jeapes for
old times sake

I am impressed to see small wars on the list given it is a classic (people
don't change) & has been the title of various things wrt COIN for a
while e.g.

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/

"India, Palestine, Malaya, Korea, Suez Canal Zone, Kenya, Cyprus, Suez
1956,  Borneo, Vietnam, Aden, Radfan, Oman, Dhofar, Northern Ireland, the
Falklands War, the Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and many
more. "

Hey the WoT start on 9-11.....not...

It's why the late Johnie Watts is so missed. & oh & course Tim
Creasy who became the head of land forces in NI post Oman .....

What's missing (but for obvious political reasons of ref'ing another mil's
manual in yours) is:

"British Army Land Operations Manual, volume 3, counter-revolutionary
operations".

Nice to see TE Lawrence popping up too.

Possibly by now you're seeing a pattern to why I like Petreaus....

Adam

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