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Student2501 08-17-2004 19:08

Anyone read Phantom Soldier.
 
Phantom Soldier by H. John Poole.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Summary from Amazon:

Phantom Soldier: The Enemy’s Answer to U.S. Firepower may be the best treatise on Oriental warfare ever produced in the West. Well researched and illustrated, it sheds new light on what an Eastern infantry unit can do in combat: (1) alternate between guerrilla, mobile, and positional warfare; (2) use “ordinary forces” to engage and “extraordinary forces” to beat an opponent; and then (3) run away when fighting holds no more strategic import. While what occurred in history does not change, one’s perception of it does — as he comes to better understand his former adversary. Well versed in the Asian arts of deception and delay, the author explains in detail what really occurred at Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, the Chosin Reservoir, Hue City, and other Vietnam battlefields. It would seem that former adversaries have used strategic retreat and tactical withdrawal not only to save their soldiers, but also to undermine U.S. resolve. By revealing how Eastern soldiers could hold their own without resupply, tanks, or air support, Phantom Soldier shows what U.S. infantrymen must do to survive the more lethal weaponry of the 21st century. This is must reading for any combat leader or concerned citizen.

If you've read this or anything else on 3G or 4G Warfare can you recommend it.

Also any John Boyd fans out there?

This may be kind of oddball, not sure.

Thanks

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crazy jon 06-09-2010 17:09

The Tigers Way and Homeland Siege are written by the same author as Phantom Soldier, the former concerning eastern infantry tactics and the latter 4g warfare.

Peregrino 06-09-2010 18:13

This was discussed extensively several YEARS ago. The search button is your friend. Thread closed.


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