Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods

This book may still be required reading at Forts Benning and Leavenworth (and some Marine commands), because it fully details the Islamists' yet-to-be-defeated 4GW method. That method is best countered by truly light infantry tactics, but America has had only line infantry since 1943. Its modern sequel travels mostly by truck and fights mostly with supporting arms. That's because the Pentagon is still practicng a higher-tech version of 2GW (killing as many enemy as possible). How to operate the latest equipment takes up so much of the young infantryman's day that he never learns how to sneak up on an expert defender. He and his buddies don't become any less visible by donning advanced electronics, so their traditional small-unit maneuvers remain just as predictable as before. Instead of historical artifacts, all Posterity Press books should be viewed as vehicles of long-overdue change.