He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)
Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.[/quote]
Pri: Smedley’s a stud! We used the USMC SWM (Small Wars Manual) extensively during my time doing counterinsurgency. It was written in 1940 and remains, in my opinion, the best manual for counterinsurgency warfare ever written.
Old Smedley was like the Zelig of the 1920s and 1930s when it came to hot spots in the world, specifically those related to where US business interests ran, like the “Banana Wars” in Central America.
You should read his writings after he retired. He was bitterly opposed to US interventionism and repudiated most of his actions and those of the Marine Corps during that period.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Resources, resources, resources.
