Dragon Days: Time for "Unconventional" Tactics Book

Dragon Days may be the only Unconventional Warfare (UW) tactical technique manual in existence in the United States (that includes anywhere inside its Armed Forces). For infantrymen, UW mostly consists of fighting like a guerrilla and Escape and Evasion (E&E). Neither are part of their U.S. military heritage. Within Dragon Days are two studies: (1) how a rising superpower may be hiding its Maoist expansion behind Islamic insurgency; and (2) what America's armed forces must do to curtail either. Ostensibly, that Communist nation also provides foreign aid to the regions affected. But, the "corporations" involved are little more than extensions of its army. Thus, much of the Free World may be at risk from subversion. The U.S. military is ill-prepared for so subtle and widespread a confrontation. Instead of blatantly occupying countries or training their armies, it must start to deploy tiny teams of "foreign-aid workers in the law enforcement sector." Then, by the thousands, specially trained U.S. infantry and special-operations squads could anchor widely dispersed "Combined Action Platoons." The GIs' mission would be to help sister squads of indigenous police and soldiers to reestablish local security. Without that local security in contested areas, there can be no viable counterinsurgency or operating democracy. Part Two of the book shows what participating soldiers and Marines must know about criminal investigative procedure. Part Three contains the unconventional warfare (UW) "tactical techniques" (like football plays) they will need. The latter are new to the literature and not covered by any U.S. government manual. They should allow tiny contingents of Americans to slip away unhurt whenever they get cut off or surrounded. Without this new capability, their only hope would be massive bombardment in, or forceful extraction from, a heavily populated area. Such things do little to win the hearts and minds of an already oppressed population. Heavily illustrated, this book provides the training and operations blueprint for winning an unconventionally fought global conflict. It also points to a hidden adversary.Read More