Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban
" 'Expeditionary Eagles' is an exciting book, posing new and fruitful ideas about countering the Taliban, and including events as current as June 2010. A longtime student of the Eastern mindset and small-unit tactics, the author has an exceptional background ... for the helpful advice on how to quickly win in Afghanistan." --Leatherneck, "Book of the Month," September 2010"If favorable circumstances are to be miraculously created in Afghanistan prior to President Barack Obama's promised July 2011 withdrawal date, soldiers, Marines, and their leaders will have to mine every gem of insight possible from 'Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban'."--The Counter Terrorist, December 2010/January 2011" 'In deference to all good things at Quantico and TRADOC (U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command), doctrine may partially [be] to blame for U.S. squads not keeping pace with tactical innovation worldwide,' Poole writes in his most recent book, 'Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban'."--Aviation Week, 8 November 2010"[E]xciting read about [current] events.... A longtime student of the Eastern mindset and small-unit tactics, its author has the perfect background for some helpful advice on how quickly to win in Afghanistan." --Military Officer, December 2010"John Poole has produced another superb work that offers insightful and well-researched guidance on ... confronting the Taliban. 'Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban' should be required reading for our military and policy makers (former head of CENTCOM)."--Gen. A.C. Zinni USMC (Ret.), June, 2010"'Expeditionary Eagles' offers an interesting strategic analysis of the war in Afghanistan; plus, as always in John Poole's books, innovative small-unit tactics and techniques (father of 4th-Generation Warfare)." --William S. Lind, June 2010"An extraordinary addition to the literature of the Afghan War ... [with] concrete measures for winning the struggle. Conventional methods will not suffice.... We must interdict the heroin ... then defeat the Taliban village by village with [resident] combat action platoons instead of overwhelming firepower.... [A]nother must read for generals and privates (publisher emeritus of Presidio Press)." --Col. Robert V. Kane U.S. Army (Ret.), June 2010"America ... suffered a serious setback in Vietnam.... [It] is headed down that same road due to an arrogant belief in technology. John Poole's latest book is a warning sign along that road. Heed it and go on to victory [in Afghanistan], disregard it and return to Saigon in 1975 (professional military historian)." --Kim B. Holien, June 2010"Poole insightfully concludes that Afghanistan's irregular warfare and insurgency characteristics defy conventional solution.... [He] asserts that a people-centric/bottom-up approach is essential.... [W]hat we do ... to help ... [the residents of every Afghan village and neighborhood] help themselves is critical (former commander of 1st Marine Division)." --Maj.Gen. John H. Admire USMC (Ret.), June 2010"[T]he best blueprint for final victory [in Afghanistan] that I have seen. It greatly details what must ... happen in Pakistan. Then, it simply shows how more extensively to implement the President's ongoing guidance.... As with all of Poole's tactics and intelligence supplements, 'Expeditionary Eagles' should be required reading at every level throughout the U.S. security establishment (former commander of Camp Lejeune)." --Maj.Gen. Ray L. Smith USMC (Ret.), June 2010