This book sports a counter-intuitive cover, because "U.S. combat as usual" is not getting the job done. It may carefully preserve GI lives, but it's still losing the wars. What the Pentagon needs in Afghanistan, Africa, and elsewhere is some truly light infantrymen (in the Asian tradition). Even its special operators lack the light-infantry assault, defense, and escape/evasion skills to make them good force multipliers. With the defense budget being cut and a low-intensity global conflict already in progress, all that must ...
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This book sports a counter-intuitive cover, because "U.S. combat as usual" is not getting the job done. It may carefully preserve GI lives, but it's still losing the wars. What the Pentagon needs in Afghanistan, Africa, and elsewhere is some truly light infantrymen (in the Asian tradition). Even its special operators lack the light-infantry assault, defense, and escape/evasion skills to make them good force multipliers. With the defense budget being cut and a low-intensity global conflict already in progress, all that must change. Contrary to the arms manufacturers' claims, light infantry can hold its own in conventional battle with acceptable losses. It can also be combined with camera/computer-triggered antitank rockets and other technological marvels. Herein are ways for the U.S. infantry squad to reestablish surprise during a partially compromised assault, new skill sets for its riflemen, and the most detailed study of Pakistan's internal strife in existence. Without more light-infantry expertise, the Pentagon has little chance of countering Communist and Islamist expansion.
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