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"Terrorist Trail" is about taking the fight to the enemy heartland along the ground, instead of through sometimes errant drone missiles. Instead of being occupied by large conventional forces, that heartland needs only be secretly penetrated by tiny teams of expert trackers. At the height of the Iraq War, this book was selling to U.S. troops at a rate of 200 per month. That's because it helped them to win that war. First, "Terrorist Trail" describes—in detail—the operations of the West's most effective counter-guerrilla force. This was not the British in Malaysia, but rather Rhodesia's Selous Scouts. Their ability to operate safely as tiny teams deep in enemy territory is the model to which all U.S. special operators and

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"Terrorist Trail" is about taking the fight to the enemy heartland along the ground, instead of through sometimes errant drone missiles. Instead of being occupied by large conventional forces, that heartland needs only be secretly penetrated by tiny teams of expert trackers. At the height of the Iraq War, this book was selling to U.S. troops at a rate of 200 per month. That's because it helped them to win that war. First, "Terrorist Trail" describes—in detail—the operations of the West's most effective counter-guerrilla force. This was not the British in Malaysia, but rather Rhodesia's Selous Scouts. Their ability to operate safely as tiny teams deep in enemy territory is the model to which all U.S. special operators and grunts should now aspire. Never fond of apartheid, this force regularly converted former foes into loyal members. Then, it shows pictorially how to follow the footprints of an enemy combatant in the city—something that most U.S. military leaders think impossible. Finallh, it provides a spellbinding history of "terrorism" in Africa—the most recent arena for Islamist and Communist expansion.

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Only a few military thinkers have given us the insight and practical help that John Poole has over the years. In Terrorist Trail, "Gunny" Poole provides the insight we need to win the war on terror.
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
The book details the growing interest by China in African ... resources, and the exportation of African or Chinese guerrilla fighting tactics into Iraq and other parts of the Middle East.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Poole's ... tactical manual explores ... urban mantracking.... His target audience ... [is] light infantry commanders.... [This] work ... is the seventh in a series.... One chapter focuses clearly on the war in Iraq and is current through August of this year.
Defense and the National Interest
Poole is one of the most innovative and creative thinkers to have served in the U.S. military.... Get the book ... [and] share it with military people.... Help spread the word.... [O]nly with the clamor of a great crowd will it be heard.
El Paso Times
Poole examines ongoing events in Iraq, the Middle East and Africa through the enemy's perspective.... 'Terrorist Trail' has been widely applauded as a valuable handbook containing historical and tactical information that could help military strategists.
g2-forward.org
Poole provides the insight we need to win the war on terror.... [S]mall near-autonomous units of truly light infantry ... [must] play the role of police force rather than occupiers.
Leatherneck Magazine
Poole's ability to place you inside the clandestine world of the international terrorist is profound.... The underlying message drives home our overall need to evolve [tactically].
Mil.Officers Assoc.of America (MOAA)
This book combines current events with historical detail, a rare combination in the book industry.... Delving into national histories of African jihadists entering Iraq, it stumbles upon major issues.
Oberlin Alumni Magazine
'Terrorist Trail' analyzes current events in world terrorism and terrorist tactics and provides methods for dealing with them. Poole ... has spent much of his [military] retirement researching foreign military tactics.
Quantico Sentry
Well-written and thoroughly researched, the book is a bastion of knowledge and an unequalled training tool. It traces the world's terrorist problems without taking political alliances.
Savannah Morning News
Poole ... writes ... to supplement military training manuals.... [He] finds that al-Qaeda has been shipping fighters from Somalia to Afghanistan, Chechnya and Kenya, and [that] ... Iranian-backed Hezbollah is sending fighters to the Middle East through Sudan.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780963869593
  • Publisher: Posterity Press
  • Publication date: 9/28/2006
  • Edition description: 82 illustrations
  • Pages: 348
  • Sales rank: 745,569
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Through an inverted military career, H. John Poole has discovered a few things that more promotable people miss. After spending his first two years as a combat commander, he did his last seven as an enlisted tactics instructor. That allowed him to see why U.S. troops have always had so much trouble outmaneuvering their immediate adversaries. Their tactical techniques (like football plays) are quite simply outmoded. These U.S. small-unit maneuvers are so unlikely to surprise anyone as to be "premachinegun" in format. This oversight on the part of their commanders and how to compensate for it forms the framework of Poole's work.

Since retirement from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993, Poole has has traveled extensively in both Communist and Islamist worlds. He has also written 10 other tactics/intelligence supplements and conducted multiday training sessions for 40 U.S. battalions, 9 schools, and 7 special operations units. As most U.S. intelligence personnel know too little about the Eastern thought process and evolution of squad tactics, these supplements provide currently deployed GIs with a rare glimpse into their enemies' intentions. Since 2000, Poole has done research in Russia, Mainland China (twice), North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India (three times), Pakistan (three times), Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, Tanzania, and Venezuela. Over the course of his lifetime, he has further traveled throughout Asia, Europe, and most of the Western Hemisphere. He has lived (or been stationed) in Mexico, Panama, Vietnam, and Japan. Between early tours in the Marine Corps (from 1969 to 1971), Poole worked as a criminal investigator for the Illinois Bureau of Investigation (IBI). After attending the State Police Academy, he worked out of the IBI's Chicago office.

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