Small Wars: a wide reading list

[Tom Odom]

See my post on Military History.

I am a fan of both Les Grau and Tim Thomas. Both offer truly valuable insights into the cultural manifestations in the small wars of the USSR and now Russia.

For Latino and Caribbean basin watchers, look at the work Larry Yates did for CSI on the DomRep and Panama.

Somalia see Larry Yates and Bon Baumann, again CSI.

On the Middle East, George Gawrych at CSI. George (now at Baylor) and I team taught Middle East military history in the mid-1980s.

Scott McMichael's study on light infantry covers Malaysia and is excellent, again CSI.

On Africa, I have 2 books on the Congo on the CSI site: LP14 on the Dragon Operations in the Congo in 1964; and a study on the Shaba II War in Zaire in 1978. Dave Dillegge will be loading a chapter from my memoirs, Journey into Darkness: Genocide in Rwanda, here next month.

You can also find some classics like TE Lawrence and Duffer's Drift on the CSI site.

A 2013 working link:http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/du...fers_Drift.htm


Ralph Peters should stick to fiction. His analysis is unbalanced to say the least.

Best

Tom Odom