Search:

Type: Posts; User: lirelou; Keyword(s):

Search: Search took 0.02 seconds.

  1. Replies
    126
    Views
    219,410

    Kilcullen's military experience

    I appreciated the article despite it's pandering to stereotypes. Just a small comment on Kilcullen. The Australian army is a small, but very professional. It presently counts six active battalions in...
  2. Replies
    137
    Views
    337,016

    Bigeard's methods in Algiers

    Just a follow-up to my previous. I ran through Erwan Bergot's bio of Bigeard last night for the battle of Algiers. Of interest, Bigeard emphasizes what an intelligence analyst would call the "pattern...
  3. Replies
    137
    Views
    337,016

    minor footnotes

    Reverence the comment on Larteguy's "The Centurions" (and "Praetoriens"). The characters in the book are all composites. Thus Raspeguy is based largely upon Marcel "Bruno" Bigeard, but likewise...
Results 1 to 3 of 3