Quote Originally Posted by jmm99 View Post
I'll post something re: Giustozzi's book in the thread, Second-party Counterinsurgency, when I get around to it.

Regards

Mike

PS: Hmm ..., 100 cattle per perp. Sounds like the founding of Rhodesia, Rhodes, The Life & Legend of Cecil Rhodes Ep.5 (start at 39:45, with Johnson's ultimatum to the Shona).
In this case it would be punitive... in those days it was used as a pretext

There must some great examples of pretext out of American history, yes?