Archive for July, 2007
Two interesting experiences in Iraq:
Life in the Red Zone
Part I (there’s a link to Part II at the bottom of the page)
Insurgencies and counterinsurgencies are won and lost at this level.
Folks–
Here are the presentations. They are PDF files:
Hitler’s War
Churchill’s War
Marshall’s War/Zhukov’s War
Allied Tide Rising
The Soldier’s War
An added bonus: video of a Garand rifle firing its eight rounds, with “ping” at the end.
I’ll have links to my powerpoint slides up in a few days.
In the meantime, here is a link to the maps I used for many of the campaigns.
There is no answer to this question, but there are answers. The situation today is not simply the product of the Bush Administration’s black comedy of incompetence–though that has contributed–but has roots in decades past. Understanding that historical context makes clear the enormous difficulties the United States faces in Iraq, difficulties that both [...]
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