tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post3055860204539049340..comments2024-03-03T05:11:57.603-05:00Comments on Wings Over Iraq: The American InsurgencyStarbuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-66775098639486784222010-02-21T15:04:37.121-05:002010-02-21T15:04:37.121-05:00Man, get ready to be rabidly denounced by the righ...Man, get ready to be rabidly denounced by the right...Spencer Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280933614021042121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-7068913262765146632010-02-21T08:06:31.268-05:002010-02-21T08:06:31.268-05:00Hi Starbucks,
One thing to consider is that the A...Hi Starbucks,<br /><br />One thing to consider is that the American Revolution was only part of a long-standing insurgency in the United States. We've had violent revolts over Native Americans, Slavery, Equal Rights, Anarchists, worker's rights, etc.<br /><br />We peaked into a (Mao) Phase III during the War between the states. We had violent (Mao) Phase One and Two activities all the way into the 1960's over equal rights.<br /><br />The last forty years is actually one of the first times in our history that most of dissent has been non-violent and handled on the political realm.MikeFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-60740629436800986542010-02-20T18:16:09.568-05:002010-02-20T18:16:09.568-05:00Yeah, I had a lot of fun reading these:
John Shy,...Yeah, I had a lot of fun reading these:<br /><br />John Shy, A People Numerous and Armed.<br /><br />Piers Mackesy, The War for America. (one of the best books on strategy I've ever read, also)<br /><br />I've got Mark Kwasny's Washington's Partisan War but haven't yet read it. <br /><br />Best,<br />Tom Rickstom rickshttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/noreply@blogger.com