In a 2006 Washington Post article
T.X. Hammes recommends "In the Name of the Father" as a cautionary tale regarding overly zealous interrogations of suspected insurgents.
Good one.
In a 2006 Washington Post article
T.X. Hammes recommends "In the Name of the Father" as a cautionary tale regarding overly zealous interrogations of suspected insurgents.
Good one.
"Law cannot limit what physics makes possible." Humanitarian Apsects of Airpower (papers of Frederick L. Anderson, Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
Vic,
Here is a link to a 12 minute video I put together using Kennedy's speech. I have a high def (75 Meg) version I could mail you if you are interested.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=27e_1205470676
Buck
+1 Breaker Morant
There are some great scenes in Farewell to the King, in general one of my favorite niche movies. But they are far more IW / SF or something else other than COIN.
You asked re copyrights. I attempted one time to get legit permissions for use of a clip from the Siege for an official homeland defense presentation. It is an unbelievable nuisance. You have to get multiple permissions from the studio, the individual credited actors who are on screen in the clip(s) you intend to use, etc. etc. Even with a Hollywood LnO, it proved untenable in our timeframe. In my naivete I figured it must be doable. It probably is, but too hard for 99%+. I now understand why the "don't do it" and "don't ask" COAs are so popular.
Here's a good resource on copyrights, http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
I personally liked 'Lost Command', a film starring Anthony Quinn, as a French paratroop officer, starts with Vietnam and ends in Algeria. Link to amazon site: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Command.../dp/B000065UHS and a better reviews: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060637/usercomments and http://www.epinions.com/content_115767742084
davidbfpo
The University of Ulster has assembled a list of films that include "The Troubles", alas the direct link does not work and the Google cache does:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=1&gl=uk
Quite a range there to chose, my favourites are Harry's Game, The Crying Game and Bloody Sunday. I will not comment on whether they are accurate - as that will start another debate.
davidbfpo
There are a number of films on Ireland (some include Northern Ireland themes), with classics on the struggle for independence, like Michael Collins and the Irish Civil War The Wind that shakes the Barley. Take a peek at this list: http://www.lclark.edu/~campion/hist400/films.htm
davidbfpo
I'll add my favourite items of "obscura."
"The Last grenade" adapted from the Novel, "The Ordeal of Major Grigsby."
"Contact" adapted from the Novel, "Contact" by AFN Clarke. - about Para Regt in bandit country Circa 1979.
....and "The Lost Command." - the adaptation of "The Centurions," by Jean Larteguy.
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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