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Outmaneuvering the Taliban
ISBN:
978-0-9818659-2-8
Expeditionary
Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban
Synopsis:
If U.S. military personnel still plan to win in Afghanistan, they better take a
hard look at this book. Unhindered by any obligation to be “politically
correct,” its author has the perfect background for some helpful advice. That
advice takes the form of an intelligence and tactical-technique supplement. U.S.
planners have yet to realize the power of the Taliban’s grassroots approach. To
do anything about it, U.S. troops will have to be dispersed into a myriad of
tiny contingents. This author is totally familiar with the Asians’ “bottom-up”
way of fighting and a recognized authority on squad tactics.
The real threat is not to the government of Afghanistan, but to that of
Pakistan. That nation’s own internal struggle is also analyzed. There is
reliable evidence of al-Qaeda coordination during the recent Swat Valley
envelopment of Islamabad. As such, all enemy affiliations on both sides of the
border have been investigated.
While far more humane, the current U.S. strategy is still too much like that of
the Soviets to succeed. This region is so corrupt that no standard
counterinsurgency plan will work. Its drug culture has first to be altered.
Until that happens, every Afghan police and army detachment will have to be
collocated with a few American troops. That means allowing U.S. squads to
operate outside of any supporting-arms umbrella. That’s the only way to turn the
tide in a single year.
What People Are Saying:
"If favorable
circumstances are to be miraculously created in Afghanistan prior to President
Barack Obama’s promised July 2011 withdrawal date, soldiers, Marines, and their
leaders will have to mine every gem of insight possible from Expeditionary
Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban."
— The Counter Terrorist, December 2010/January 2011
“In deference to all good things at Quantico and
TRADOC (U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command), doctrine may partially [be] to
blame for U.S. squads not keeping pace with tactical innovation worldwide,”
Poole writes in his most recent book, “Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the
Taliban.”
— Aviation Week, 8 November 2010
“ ‘Expeditionary Eagles’ is an exciting book, posing new and fruitful ideas
about countering the Taliban, and including events as current as June 2010. A
longtime student of the Eastern mindset and small-unit tactics, the author has
an exceptional background, providing a basis for the helpful advice on how to
quickly win in Afghanistan.”
— Leatherneck, “Book of the Month” September 2010
“America . . . suffered a serious setback in Vietnam. . . . [It] is headed down
that same road due to an arrogant belief in technology. John Poole’s latest book
is a warning sign along that road. Heed it and go on to victory [in
Afghanistan], disregard it and return to Saigon in 1975.”
— Kim Bernard Holien
Professional Military Historian
“John Poole insightfully concludes that Afghanistan’s irregular warfare and
insurgency characteristics defy conventional solution. . . . [He] asserts that a
people-centric/bottom-up approach is essential. . . . He believes that what we
do . . . to help . . . [the residents of every Afghan village and neighborhood]
help themselves is critical.”
— Maj.Gen. John H. Admire, USMC (Ret.)
former commander of 1st Marine Division
“An extraordinary addition to the literature of the Afghan War . . . [with]
concrete measures for winning the struggle. Conventional methods will not
suffice. . . . We must interdict the heroin . . . then defeat the Taliban
village by village with [resident] combat action platoons instead of
overwhelming firepower. . . . [A]nother must read for generals and privates.”
— Col. Robert V. Kane U.S. Army (Ret.)
publisher emeritus, Presidio Press
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part One: The Full Extent of the Problem
Chapter 1: What Lies behind All the Afghan Turmoil?
Chapter 2: The Afghan Taliban’s Karachi Home
Chapter 3: The Pakistani Taliban’s Islamabad Offensive
Chapter 4: Al-Qaeda’s Hidden Influence
Chapter 5: The Drug Barons
Part Two: Lessons from History
Chapter 6: Foreign Destabilization of Afghanistan
Chapter 7: Unresolved Issues within Pakistan
Chapter 8: Reasons behind the Soviet Failure
Chapter 9: Still Probable Conduits and Depots
Part Three: The Martial Part of a 4GW Equation
Chapter 10: Changes in How the Taliban Fights
Chapter 11: The Drug Runners’ Modus Operandi
Chapter 12: Present U.S. Strategy
Chapter 13: Drug Interdiction Tactics
Chapter 14: New Techniques on Offense
Chapter 15: New Techniques on Defense
Chapter 16: The Village Contingent Option
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Name Index
Excerpt from the Foreword:
This document offers the best blueprint for final victory that I have seen. It
greatly details what must concurrently happen in Pakistan. Then, it simply shows
how more extensively to implement the President’s ongoing guidance. For those
who have not kept up with the evolution of small-unit tactics, such a widespread
deployment of junior enlisted personnel may seem overly risky. Unfortunately,
war is inherently risky. Unless, it has a good chance of finally succeeding, any
number of casualties is too many. I also have seen the potential of this
generation of young Americans. And I too can confirm the success of the CAP
program in Vietnam. The author knows that some bitter fighting may occur at
isolated locations. As such, he has provided some very lethal defensive
techniques in Chapter 15. Those techniques should be enough to dissuade any
number of Taliban from following through on their ground assault. And they will
do so without any chance of collateral damage to civilians. As with all of
Poole’s previous intelligence and tactics supplements, Expeditionary Eagles
should be required reading at every level throughout the U.S. security
establishment. — Maj.Gen. Ray L. Smith USMC (Ret.), former commander of Camp
Lejeune
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Posterity Press
