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| | Tequila Junction:
4th-Generation Counterinsurgency
Paperback: 364 pages, 79 illustrations,
ISBN: 9780963869517
Tequila Junction: 4th-Generation Counterinsurgency
Synopsis:
Parts One and Two of Tequila Junction describe the assault by a foreign power on
the Americas. While the objective of this assault has been political, it
cleverly supports itself through local commodity trading (mostly in drugs). That
makes it a well-veiled variant of 4th-Generation Warfare (that which is fought
in the political, economic, psychological, and martial arenas simultaneously).
Undermining this assault before it can too drastically affect our heartland will
take deploying lone U.S. infantry squads to Combined Action Platoons (those
shared with host-country police and soldiers) and patrol bases in Colombia,
Panama, and possibly even Mexico.
Part Three has the unconventional warfare techniques that those U.S. squads will
need to survive many times their number of drug traffickers and narco-insurgents.
Those techniques have been derived from the counterinsurgency methods of the
Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Iranians (those armies with the greatest
cultural predisposition toward 4GW). Closely following this book’s proposals
should also permit victory in Afghanistan.
What People Are Saying:
“A new book—actually, more of a military field-manual—“Tequila Junction” by
author John Poole argues for Washington to refocus on the drug trade in Latin
America and its growing ties with nations renown for their connections to
insurgencies and terrorists, such as those in Afghanistan.”
— Savannah Morning News, 2 October 2008 “Citing the combination of drug smuggling and communist expansion in Latin
America as a major threat to the United States, H. John Poole details how
ill-equipped the Pentagon and U.S. are for such a showdown with their continuing
focus and fascination on technology and weaponry.”
— Aerospace Daily and Defense Report, 19 September 2008
“John Poole has written a thought-provoking and intriguing work in Tequila
Junction. He has masterfully made the case for attention and action toward
threats being ignored due to our myopic focus on Islamic extremism. This is
another exceptional volume to add to his superb collection of works dealing with
the new forms of conflict we face.”
— Gen. Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Ret.), former head of CENTCOM
“In 1861 Abraham Lincoln stated: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to
the stormy present. . . . We must think anew and act anew.” Lt.Col. John Poole
has done just that in this excellent new book detailing how the true enemy of
liberty is chaos and how America’s enemies thrive on the chaos caused by drugs,
terrorism and unrest. The lessons of . . . the Marines . . . CAP program point
the way to victory.”
— Kim B. Holien, professional military historian
“Tequila Junction warns of a huge threat to . . . the country: the pernicious
influence of China . . . in Latin America. Through exhaustive research and clear
thinking, John Poole details the influence of drug . . . smuggling. . . . He . .
. [gives] our military a clear way of combatting this problem . . . with light
infantry acting like police: convert[ing] enemies instead of killing them. This
is a must read for all levels of the military.”
— COL Robert V. Kane U.S. Army (Ret.), publisher emeritus, Presidio Press
“Our current threat is multi-dimensional and multi-directional. . . . John
Poole, cautions us to broaden our concerns beyond our geographically dispersed
and distant threats to those much closer to home. The thought-provoking premise
of “Tequila Junction” warns us of a global insurgency emerging to operate from
within. It’s closer than we prefer to think.”
— Maj.Gen.John H.Admire USMC(Ret.),former commander of 1st Marine Division
“John Poole has done it again!!! Forewarned is forearmed, and this book
describes a growing trend in the Western Hemisphere that bears serious
consequences . . . if it is not addressed soon. . . . The research is amazing
and the bibliography extensive. . . . This should become the bible for the
protection of our way of life. Read and absorb this fantastic book.”
— Vice Adm. Thomas R. Sargent USCG (Ret.), ship captain at Battle of Leyte Gulf
“Part Three . . . amounts to a tactical-technique manual for narco-counterinsurgency.
Like the FARC in Colombia, the Taliban funds itself through drug production.
Thus, the book’s later chapters could . . . [help] Corps . . . to stabilize
Afghanistan. . . . I was pleased with the factual content. . . . Always well
written and thoroughly researched, this book is . . . an outstanding training
tool. . . . I recommend this book.”
— Leatherneck, October 2008
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part One: A Dire Emergency in the Americas
Chapter 1: Dope Dealers, Gangs, Islamists, or Maoists?
Chapter 2: Cuba, the Caribbean, and Venezuela
Chapter 3: The Guianas, Brazil, and Paraguay
Chapter 4: Uruguay, Argentina, and Bolivia
Chapter 5: Chile, Peru, and Ecuador
Chapter 6: Colombia and Panama
Chapter 7: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras
Chapter 8: El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Part Two: The Urgent Need for a New U.S. Strategy
Chapter 9: The 4GW Difference in Latin America
Chapter 10: Undermining the Proxy Coalition
Chapter 11: A Quasi-Military Solution Required
Chapter 12: What’s Not in the Military Manuals
Part Three: 4GW Counterinsurgency Techniques
Chapter 13: Best 4GW Defense Is Locally Tailored
Chapter 14: Deep Interdiction
Chapter 15: Buffer Zones
Chapter 16: Working a Heavily Populated Area
Afterword
Appendix: Bottom-Up Training
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Name Index
Excerpt from the Foreword:
“In Tequila Junction, Poole first calls on . . . [his] unique perspective to
warn Americans about the possibility of a politically oriented and drug-funded
attack from a non-Muslim source. Then, he describes how such an attack might be
thwarted through advanced counterinsurgency techniques. . . .
Throughout the work, Poole refers . . . to widely dispersing U.S. forces to help
more foreign communities to reestablish security. Recalling my exploits as a PFC
and then alone as Vietnam was falling, I can see that Poole is right. Only
through the initiative and good will of hundreds of tiny and well-dispersed U.S.
enlisted contingents will we be able to stabilize a worldwide insurgency. We
have long known that the Americans with sufficient leeway contribute most. Young
Marines and soldiers are no exception. Like Poole, I have seen their potential.
With a little UW training, they could easily elude any serious attempt on their
lives.
At the end of Tequila Junction is an Appendix entitled “Bottom-Up Training.” It
contains a much better way to train infantry squads than the one currently in
use. . . . Without more skilled and self-sufficient squads, the U.S. military
will have little chance of stabilizing the world situation. Even if Poole’s
Western Hemisphere intelligence analysis does not specifically apply to all U.S.
forces, his new training method should still be seriously considered by all U.S.
commanders. The similarities in enemy method between South Asia and Latin
America are shocking. I highly recommend this book to all U.S. military
professionals.”
—Maj.Gen. Ray L. Smith USMC (Ret.), former commander of Camp Lejeune
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