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Of course. So much of our theory was based on Galula and contemporaneous theorists—it matters if they may have misunderstood their own success. Plus the larger political context is relevant, but wasn’t considered in our COIN study.

The chicken factory was our BN FOB. I heard 48th IBCT accidentally burned it down after we left.

Yusufiyah Feb-May 05, Mahmudiyah May-Jul 05, then we went north of Baghdad for the rest of the deployment.

That was my AO about six months before it went down. I’ve been running into people who were in that BN (but not involved) continuously for the last 19 yrs.

I do have the necessary gear, but I’m still gonna pass, thanks.

approaches to the Third World in the Cold War that were being published at the time (~2013) including Westad, Vijay Prashad, and Joshua Chamberlin. Had this been published at the time, I probably would have included it.

2) In general, I appreciated the unique perspective TG offered on an already "well-studied" Cold War / Third World topic. In grad school years ago I wrote a histiographic essay on the new

In addition, as someone who was steeped in the COIN doctrine he discusses, I found his critique of its effectiveness (and Pacificstion) and the way French officers disseminated their theories very interesting.

1) I appreciated the way he reframed France's military COIN strategy in a domestic political context. I also found his argument that the military strategy was part of a broader attempt to remake the French citizen in the wake of WWII and mounting forces of decolonization to be very compelling.

I don't have the background to assess his argument, but as someone who has spent basically my entire life in irregular warfare and counterinsurgency, I really appreciated a couple aspects in particular.

I am so far!

Update: it arrived.
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And waiting for this one to arrive.

I figured it was unlikely. I have all my grad school and war college course material (all digital) but nothing from undergrad.

I found some syllabi from similar courses at KU from 2009-2010—some interesting reading selections.