Militant Tricks: Battlefield Ruses of the Islamic Insurgent - Softcover

H. John Poole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963869582 ISBN 13: 9780963869586

Publisher: Posterity Press(NC), 2005

Synopsis

This book is now on the U.S. Army's most prestigious pre-deployment reading list.  Since 9/11, our deployed troops have learned many things. Though the war in Afghanistan is still raging, many of their hard-won lessons have yet to be assimilated by the Stateside bureaucracy. To help, Militant Tricks has recounted America's progress in Iraq and Afghanistan from the standpoint of East Asian battlefield deception. Both countries were part of the Mongol Empire for over 200 years and thus prone to every sort of ancient Chinese illusion. Militant Tricks also contains the tactical "techniques" with which to counter an Islamic extremist’s urban offensive. While some of these nontraditional techniques were risked during the Baghdad Surge, they may soon be forgotten.

About this title

From the Publisher:

At every echelon, U.S. decision makers (whether of policy, strategy, or tactics) need to get interested in this book. It depicts an enemy who is quite different from the officially accepted model. In war, one cannot afford the luxury of partial truth.

From the Author:

There are two foreign factions working together to end the Western occupion of Iraq. There is al-Qaeda and its veterans of the Afghan and Chechen Wars. And, more secretly, there is Hezbollah (an Iranian Revolutionary Guard affiliate) and its veterans of the Israeli ouster from Southern Lebanon. Both factions have been recruiting and training local fighters. While al-Qaeda operates through tiny, semi-independent cells, Hezbollah indirectly controls large militias. At least one of those militias is Sunni. Both factions and their in-country proxies are extremely skilled at deception. Unless U.S. forces see through this deception soon, they will face a protracted struggle with a Vietnam-like ending.

About this edition

• Publisher: Posterity Press(NC)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0963869582
• ISBN 13: 9780963869586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412
• Illustrator: Mike Leahy