Customer Review: I gave it to him so he'll be more likely to live if he is shipped to Afghanistan. Here's what I wrote on the inside cover: Much of what's in this book must be taken with a grain of salt, not all is well supported. However, it's the best discussion of the tactics and military tradition of the... more info
Customer Review: Law enforcement tactics and procedures are not only useful for police forces in the United States, they are also beginning to form the basis for our latest tactical approaches to counterinsurgency in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. More and more, military units are turning to experienced police... more info
Customer Review: To win the war in Afghanistan we can no longer rely on the battle drills of World War 2. The fight there is different. We can no longer rely of supporting fires, close air support and massing of indirect fire to win both the fight and the population there. We must learn to fight differently, we... more info
Customer Review: While this Editor (War On Terror News)does not necessarily agree with every conclusion and supposition of the author of "Militant Tactics," H. John Poole, he hits the bullseye on 99% of his analysis. While not the primary subject of the book, he provides ample evidence to destroy the myth that Sunni... more info
Customer Review: Except from being an excellent analysis and presentation of open source intelligence John Poole keeps pushing the tactics that will work in conflicts of today and the future. As shown in the book the main players behind the unrest in Latin America are still communists albeit from another origin... more info
Customer Review: H. J. Poole, in DRAGON DAYS, turns attention to beating our opponents in "The War on Terror". His basic approach is to enforce International Law utilizing Unconventional military techniques.
First, Poole addresses the question of whether or not the Red Chinese are involved in promulgating... more info
Customer Review: Much has been written about the so-called "Western way of war," a European conception of conflict that has its origins in ancient Greece and Rome. Such great military historians as John Keegan and Victor Davis Hanson have chronicled how heavy weaponry and armament, decisive battle, and attrition... more info
Customer Review: In this another excellent work from John Poole, the author has chosen to examine the moral aspects of good soldiering by focusing on their application on a tactical level (although his suggestions might be equally well applied on the strategic level.) Don't be mistaken, however. This is not simply a... more info
Customer Review: Everyday Lessons provides the reader with a quality (Universal Truth) to examine and reflect upon every day of the week. I sobbed when I read the chapter on love, for I realized why I had been "stuck" in the same town for five years. I had not been nurturing the relationship with my community and... more info