Military historian Max Boot discusses current events in Syria, Iran, and his recent book Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to Present on Uncommon Knowledge. Boot explains how guerrilla warfare has been, and still is, the most common form of conflict even today, as seen in Syria and Afghanistan. Since conventional tactics do not work for unconventional armies, Boot offers lessons to be learned and applied to today’s battles. Boot further argues that now it is more important than ever to understand the history and operation of insurgent forces.
Max Boot
Books
A masterful biographer with a gift for capturing flawed heroes in all their vitality and self-delusion, Andrew Roberts invites us into the lives, loves, victories and crushing defeats of Napoleon's most elite warriors.
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Articles
Overy argues that the question should really be: why were they thought to have been necessary at the time? His answer is that their use was believed to have been the only way to end the war as quickly as possible.
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Videos
Charles Murray joins Peter Robinson to discuss the evidence that forced him to reconsider God, the soul, and Christianity.
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