Homer Atkins

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Of course. So much of our theory was based on Galula and contemporaneous theorists—it matters if they may have misunderstood their own success. Plus the larger political context is relevant, but wasn’t considered in our COIN study.

The chicken factory was our BN FOB. I heard 48th IBCT accidentally burned it down after we left.

Yusufiyah Feb-May 05, Mahmudiyah May-Jul 05, then we went north of Baghdad for the rest of the deployment.

That was my AO about six months before it went down. I’ve been running into people who were in that BN (but not involved) continuously for the last 19 yrs.

I do have the necessary gear, but I’m still gonna pass, thanks.

approaches to the Third World in the Cold War that were being published at the time (~2013) including Westad, Vijay Prashad, and Joshua Chamberlin. Had this been published at the time, I probably would have included it.

2) In general, I appreciated the unique perspective TG offered on an already "well-studied" Cold War / Third World topic. In grad school years ago I wrote a histiographic essay on the new

In addition, as someone who was steeped in the COIN doctrine he discusses, I found his critique of its effectiveness (and Pacificstion) and the way French officers disseminated their theories very interesting.

1) I appreciated the way he reframed France's military COIN strategy in a domestic political context. I also found his argument that the military strategy was part of a broader attempt to remake the French citizen in the wake of WWII and mounting forces of decolonization to be very compelling.

I don't have the background to assess his argument, but as someone who has spent basically my entire life in irregular warfare and counterinsurgency, I really appreciated a couple aspects in particular.

Finished Revolutionary Warfare by @tgpeterson.bsky.social . I I really enjoyed it. I should write a short review, but I've got a bit too much going on right now... a couple of thoughts, though. ⬇️

I ordered the book that’s been in my Amazon cart the longest. It’s been “saved for later” since 2015.

I am so far!

Ok, I lied @mtmcgurk.bsky.social I pre-ordered @tgpeterson.bsky.social ‘s “Revolutionary Warfare” and still haven’t read it, so I’m reading that one before I start the new one.

Update: it arrived.
@cjfinlay.bsky.social

If I need to buy some more highlighters, I should just go ahead and get some books, too, right?

And waiting for this one to arrive.

Sharing this great episode with all my BlueSky friends (and maybe some enemies who haven’t revealed themselves). Very excited to learn about @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social ‘s book, “The Price of Democracy.”

I figured it was unlikely. I have all my grad school and war college course material (all digital) but nothing from undergrad.

I found some syllabi from similar courses at KU from 2009-2010—some interesting reading selections.

@emsetc.bsky.social do you by any chance have the syllabus for the “Protest and Repression” course that you mentioned in the July 9 episode?

JINSA USMLP - last day, pt 4. Church of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes.

JINSA USMLP - last day, pt 3. Sea of Galilee.

JINSA USMLP - last day, pt 2. Capernaum.

JINSA USMLP - last day. Religious tourism is not my area of expertise, so I won't say much other than that this site is operated by a kibbutz and marketed toward Christian visitors to Israel. The site of Jesus's baptism is believed to be farther south, near Jericho.

JINSA USMLP day whatever… our last night in Israel. We had a great conversation with the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Stephanie Hallett (who has been nominated to be the Ambassador to Bahrain, but not yet confirmed) followed by Shabbat dinner.

My kingdom for a KW Tailor patrol cap in OCP.💔

We had a short “moment” when one of our Israeli guides heard me discussing the site and its history with some of the other U.S. participants of the visit. Almost stereotypically, he insisted that they “just left” and that there had been no violence or conflict at the site.

Above the road to the Jerusalem 9/11 Memorial are the remnants of the Palestinian village of Lifta, which was depopulated during the 1948 war. It is preserved very well—it’s on my list of things to examine more closely on a future visit to Israel.