Well, not a "similar length", but certainly not hundreds of pages either...
The article jcustis posted the link to is well worth the read, as is this other material...
Earlier SWC threads:
Wars Less About Ideas Than Extreme Tribalism
An Adaptive Insurgency: Confronting Adversary Networks in Iraq
3rd Generation Gangs and the Iraqi Insurgency
SSI: Tribal Alliances: Ways, Means, and Ends to Successful Strategy
USIP: Who Are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq
Blog Excerpts: Iraq's tribal society: A state within a state , 4 parts
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