During a defense line assault on Iwo Jima, U..S. units were often pinned down. To limit U.S. casualties, two unconventional procedures were tried: (1) headquarters releasing ALL CONTROL over what happened next to frontline units: and (2) those units ALLOWING one or two low-ranking volunteers to outflank some of the machineguns. Both were destined to become the essence of Maneuver Warfare.

The Iwo Alamo

History

H. John Poole

Anthony C. Zinni (Foreword)

Military

Posterity Press(NC)

Without "boots on the ground" that are tactically proficient enough to survive as tiny well-dispersed elements without any help from supporting arms, America should not plan to win any more wars. This book shows how the Pentagon could--with some "truly light" infantrymen and more self-sufficient commandos--project more overseas power at less cost in money and lives. Since Korea, America's foes haven't needed as much preparatory fire or technology, nor have they caused as much collateral damage. This makes them more appealing to local populations. "One More Bridge to Cross" takes a closer look at what happened at Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, and later battles. Then, it shows how to defend against (and acquire) advanced surprise assault technique. Semi-autonomous U.S. squads will not be possible until control over training has been decentralized. Too little tactical experimentation at the company/school level has been the problem. Since the Vietnam War, it has become increasingly clear that America's defense establishment cannot defeat any "bottom-up-operating" (criminal-or-Asian-oriented) foe without first allowing more initiative from its own lowest echelons.

One More Bridge to Cross: Lowering the Cost of War

This book shows how to control a contested region with squad-sized outposts. North Vietnam and Iran have done it. Now, North Korea may try to consolidate the South with such a strategy. Scores of tiny Western outposts could do this too. After a short threat assessment, Dragon Days describes what a single U.S. rifle squad must do to safely accomplish such a mission in Asia. It will need the following Unconventional Warfare (UW) skills: (1) some police procedure; (2) obscurely defending; (3) finding an enemy weakness; (4) making a secret approach; (5) disguising the attack; (6) precluding a counterstroke; (7) rural E&amp;E; (8) enhancing rural terrain (9) urban E&amp;E; and (10) enhancing urban terrain. Because of Asia's bottom-up culture, the little picture is where such an ability originates. This heavily illustrated book contains more small-unit perspective than any U.S. govt. publication. In fact, it may still constitute America's only UW tactical-technique manual.

Dragon Days: Time for "Unconventional" Tactics

Asia

"Phantom Soldier" is now on the U.S. Army's most prestigious pre-deployment reading list for a reason. It won't please those who have come to believe that wars are won and casualties limited through technology, or that the victor's version of one is always correct. But, all U.S. security personnel should read it. Possibly the West's best treatise on Oriental warfare, it sheds new light on what Asian infantry can do: (1) alternate between guerrilla, mobile, and positional warfare; (2) use "ordinary forces" to engage and "extraordinary forces [infiltrators]" to defeat; and then (3) retreat to save lives. What occurred in history doesn't change, but one's perception of it does--as he comes to better understand his former foe. Here's what really happened at Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, and Hue City. Those who believe this book's cover art to be fantasy have only to google the term "dac cong." Through how the NVA held their own without resupply, tanks, artillery, or air power, U.S. grunts could better survive the more lethal enemy weaponry of the 21st Century.

Phantom Soldier: The Enemy's Answer to U.S. Firepower

This book is not just fun reading for determined riflemen, but vital self-defense info. for all security ranks and jobs. The Pentagon lost on the ground 40 years ago, and its squad tactics haven't changed much. Herein lie more advanced techniques for every category of short-range combat. They will permit better small-unit maneuvers (and fewer losses) for every intensity of combat. As Western ordnance turned more lethal, Eastern armies came to rely on tiny semi-autonomous elements. Most provide every rifleman with guerrilla training. Until the Pentagon follows suit, its own infantry enlistees will have less field skill, initiative, and decision-making experience than their Communist counterparts. In any close encounter, they will die unnecessarily and their commanders suffer too many casualties.

The Tiger's Way: A U.S. Private's Best Chance for Survival

This book is about covertly penetrating the enemy heartland along the ground. At the height of the Iraq War, it was selling to Marines in the Euphrates Valley at a rate of 200 per month. That's because it helped them to seize the initiative. First, it describes the West's most effective counter-guerrilla force. This was not the British in Malaysia, but Rhodesia's Selous Scouts. Their ability to operate safely as tiny teams deep in enemy territory is the model to which all U.S. special operators should aspire. Never fond of apartheid, they regularly converted former foes into loyal members. Then, it shows how to follow enemy footprints in urban terrain. Finally, it provides a spellbinding history of "terrorism" in Africa--the most recent arena for Islamist and Communist expansion.

Terrorist Trail: Backtracking the Foreign Fighter

Reference

Afrique offers a detailed "in-theater" intelligence brief on the degree of Chinese expansion in Africa. In the process, it uncovers several disturbing facts: (1) how America's current heroin deluge is due to a largely unimpeded drug conduit across Africa; (2) how the 1994 Rwandan genocide still goes on in the Eastern DRC; (3) how freedom had hit the skids in South Africa; and (4) how the U.S. has been deprived of natural resources essential to its security. But, at the same time, this book demonstrates how police investigative procedure would better ascertain the progress of America's arch-enemies than standard U.S. intelligence-gathering methods. That's because those enemies (the Islamists, Communists, and drug runners) all operate from the bottom up -- through thousands of tiny, seemingly inconsequential, razor cuts at the local level. Many of those cuts have additionally been disguised, so most never register with electronic surveillance or the mainstream media. With 54 nations under attack from those same enemies, modern-day Africa makes a perfect research model for such a conclusion. At the end, Afrique talks about how the U.S. military could more effectively reverse these trends.

Afrique: A Warning for America

Africa

America is still in serious trouble. There's no way all of her internal problems have been self-inflicted. Yet, many still believe: (1) ISIS and al-Qaeda are her only foes; (2) her intelligence agencies see every threat coming; and (3) her military is the best in the world at all things. This book reassesses the breakdown from a "bottom-up" perspective, as that's how Islamists, Communists, and criminals like to take over. The tiniest of clues have been collected to arrive at the most likely suspect. Such "qualitative research" is regularly used by U.S. police departments. Even "modus operandi" links to past behavior are allowed in all U.S. courts of law. After detailing the subversion, this book shows how to better combat it at street level. With kidnappings on the rise in Phoenix, it contains the most extensive study of hostage rescue ever attempted and a safer way for grunts and SWATs to quickly seize any contested building.

Homeland Siege: Tactics for Police and Military

Drugs have played a greater role in the Afghan War than most Americans dare to believe. One of the oldest drug cartels in the region--the Haqqani Network--has been responsible for many of the most visible Kabul attacks. With white heroin now flooding America, one has to come up with a better defense strategy for the place growing 90% of the poppies. Only with less smuggling of morphine bricks out and ordnance pieces in, can the problem be solved. All traffic along the 14 entrance highways must be more closely inspected to curtail their movement. No amount of commando raiding or standoff bombardment is going to lessen their flow. Nor will a Taliban-inclusive coalition government. During the Soviet-Afghan War, it was the Pak Army controlling all trucking into Afghanistan, and Pak Intel. using ill-gotten funding. Whoever is controlling those trucks now may be facilitating the smuggling (like IR-painting the authorized trucks and then shipping whatever they want). Herein lies a detailed study of Pakistan's drug and militant madrasa networks. Also described is how a lone U.S. squad could--without a single artillery round or drone missile--rely on deception to defend a roadside outpost against hundreds of attacking narco-insurgents.

Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban

This book is for all U.S. infantrymen and special operators in search of better assault, defense, and E&amp;E methods. With many of their counterparts in South and East Asia already light-infantry experts, such a quest would be wise. Global Warrior contains three still vital tools: (1) the most detailed study of Pakistan's internal strife; (2) a fully tested/refined way for each U.S. unit to develop their own tactical techniques for specific scenarios;and (3) how a U.S. squad can reestablish surprise during a partially compromised assault. Requiring no technology at all, truly light infantrymen make the best trainers of Third-World soldiers. That's because those soldiers must usually operate without any supporting arms or advanced electronics of their own. Yet, light-infantry expertise can still be combined with camera/computer-triggered antitank rockets and other technological marvels. And contrary to the arms manufacturers' claims, those skilled at light-infantry maneuvers ARE ABLE TO hold their own in conventional battle.

Global Warrior: Averting WWIII

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