Free book on the Afghan war for you
Click here for PDF of a new Army book on small unit actions in Afghanistan. I haven’t read it yet. It looks basically to be about fighting in two places — Kunar/Nuristan and in Kandahar province. Grasshopper can learn much from such things. And while we are giving away links for free books, here is ...
Click here for PDF of a new Army book on small unit actions in Afghanistan. I haven't read it yet. It looks basically to be about fighting in two places -- Kunar/Nuristan and in Kandahar province. Grasshopper can learn much from such things.
And while we are giving away links for free books, here is one for Maj. Michael Burgyone's new study of how COIN principles work against criminal networks in Mexico. (I haven't read this one, either, but it probably is good, because Burgyone was a co-author of one of the best books on the Iraq war.)
Click here for PDF of a new Army book on small unit actions in Afghanistan. I haven’t read it yet. It looks basically to be about fighting in two places — Kunar/Nuristan and in Kandahar province. Grasshopper can learn much from such things.
And while we are giving away links for free books, here is one for Maj. Michael Burgyone’s new study of how COIN principles work against criminal networks in Mexico. (I haven’t read this one, either, but it probably is good, because Burgyone was a co-author of one of the best books on the Iraq war.)
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