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Espionage Files: The CIA’s Phoenix Program in Vietnam and the “War on Terror”

Posted on 8 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

The Phoenix Program in Vietnam in many ways provides a blue print for our own times. Assassinations and torture are the essence of the war on terror. As are death squads and false flag terror attacks. As are mass surveillance of the populace. Thanks to the work of Douglas Valentine in his classic book “The Phoenix…

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Defeating Al-Qaeda’s Nodes

Posted on 5 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Al Qaeda and the Islamic State thrive in lawless and ungoverned spaces where there is no rule of law to keep them in check.  Al Qaeda’s home base in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is the epitome of such a place, but the tide there has been turning against them over the last decade,…

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Studies in Terrorism: Hamas The “Merchants of War” Who Seek to Destroy Israel

Posted on 2 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

In the words of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the tunnels are being dug not only to “defend the Gaza Strip, but to serve as a launching pad to reach all of Palestine.” As one can see from any map of Palestine, “all of Palestine” does not mean living in peace alongside Israel; it means supplanting…

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Crusader Corner: The Western Volunteers Fighting ISIS

Posted on 1 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

“A lot of people come over here thinking they’re going to be Rambo. It’s not like that.” The village had no name. Everyone who had known the name of the village was now dead or had fled. When the Kurdish peshmerga fighters had recaptured the settlement from ISIS that spring, it was so full of…

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Cold War Files: The Cuban Army Abroad; Castro’s Foreign Cold Warriors

Posted on 29 January 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

“Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, Castro was only too eager to export revolution to the Third World. Often this support even came in the form of combat troops to lend a hand to various Marxist uprisings.”   AMERICA WAS STILL REELING from its humiliation in Vietnam in 1976 when hawks within the administration of President Gerald Ford were pushing for the United…

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Military History: Marine Corp General James Mattis, “Nothing New Under the Sun…”

Posted on 27 January 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

In 2013 General James N. Mattis retired after a 41-year Marine Corps career that included field commands in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan. In the theater of combat the hard-charging general was known by the call sign “Chaos.” But it was his respect for history and studious commitment to training in strategy and…

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Mean Streets: The Clash of Technology and Terrain and Urban Warfare

Posted on 25 January 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

 In urban environments, the playing field is levelled between the conventional armies and insurgents   BE IT ALEPPO or Damascus, Mosul or Ramadi, or even Eastern Ukraine, combatants in today’s conflicts are frequently fighting in and over urban areas. The decision to wage war in cities is driven in part by modern military technology. Frequently,…

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These are the Wars that will Rage in Africa in 2016

Posted on 21 January 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

By Peter Dorrie   With the exception of Syria, African countries currently get the worst rep when it comes to violence and conflict. Virtually every story coming out of the continent seems to showcase one atrocity or another. This narrative is both true and false. In 2014, Africa experienced more than half of worldwide conflict…

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Regimes and Revolt: Authoritarian Ways of Counterinsurgency

Posted on 20 January 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from the author’s article in the Journal of Strategic Studies, “‘The People are Revolting’: An Anatomy of Authoritarian Counterinsurgency.” Scores of dead civilians, smoldering wastelands where villages used to be, a cowering people, and a regime thriving on tyranny and fear — these are the images evoked by the mention…

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Wingate’s Way: Leadership Lessons from Britain’s Maverick General

Posted on 15 January 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

I highly recommend Anglin’s book Orde Wingate: Unconventional Warrior for those of you who have an interest in learning about Counter-Insurgency Warfare and it’s timeless principles.-SF “Orde Wingate’s experiences from World War Two offer lessons for 21st Century military planners, particularly in the areas of counter-insurgency, covert and special operations and proxy wars.” By Dr. Simon Anglin MAJOR GENERAL Orde…

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