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Beyond the great captains of irregular warfare, a few key supporting characters make recurring guest appearances in the pages that follow. The most frequent is Winston Churchill, who appears on the scene at the outset of the Boer War in 1899, returns to support T. E. Lawrence’s pan-Arab policy goals after World War I, develops a friendship with Tit
... See moreJohn Arquilla • Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits
War From the Ground Up: Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics (Conflict Classics)
is Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Luttrell 2007).
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
This collection of essays represents a first step toward examining the nature of hybrid conflicts more closely. We have defined hybrid warfare as conflict involving a combination of conventional military forces and irregulars (guerrillas, insurgents, and terrorists), which could include both state and nonstate actors, aimed at achieving a common po
... See moreWilliamson Murray • Hybrid Warfare
Ross Hall’s The Ranger Book: A History, 1634–2006 (Hall 2007).
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
The two columns of the battalion were to rendezvous at the Khan Yunis railway station, but the closer the tanks drew to Beni Souhila, the fiercer grew Egyptian opposition and the more difficult it became to force a passage. Tanks lost their way in the narrow alleys on the outskirts of Beni Souhila. Yossi Algamis’ tanks, as part of the brigade recon
... See moreShabtai Teveth • The Tanks of Tammuz
Otto Skorzeny
Max Boot • Invisible Armies
