Militant Tricks: Battlefield Ruses of the Islamic Insurgent

Militant Tricks gauges America's progress in Iraq and Afghanistan from the standpoint of East-Asian battlefield deception. As both countries were part of the Mongol Empire for over 200 years, they are a breeding ground for every sort of ancient Chinese trick (any one of the famous 36 Stratagems.) In combination, those stratagems can make a losing adversary think he is winning (and have done so to America before). To see past the militant Muslim's false face, one must look for the hidden intent behind his every initiative, whether martial or otherwise. This book does just that for both theaters of war. For some readers, it will serve as an intelligence source and be read a few paragraphs at a time. For others, it will provide an in-depth solution to the enemy's so-far-successful formula and be read cover to cover. This book provides information on the enemy that active-duty personnel seldom see--that which comes from the regional media and literature. When properly interpreted by a student of Eastern tactics and mindset (such as the author), that information may shed enough light on ongoing events for America to still win both wars. Fully illustrated, Militant Tricks also contains advanced tactical technique with which to defeat Islamic militants in an urban setting. Some of this technique has already been applied during the Baghdad Surge.