Tag: Philippines
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Maoist Revolutionary War Outside China
Dr. Christopher C. Harmon discusses “Maoist Revolutionary War Outside China,” a topic on which he is offering a class at IWP (IWP 706) https://www.iwp.edu/courses/maoist-revolutionary-wars-outside-china **This event is part of IWP’s China Series, organized by the China/Asia Program.** About the Lecture: The ideas of Mao tse Tung had a powerful impact—whatever one may think of their…
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Illustrations of Discrete Uses of Force in Counterterrorism
Read the full article here In 1901, an insurrection in the Philippines Islands brought prominence to a talented but relatively inexperienced general of U.S. Army volunteers, Frederick Funston. He demonstrated that good intelligence and deception were still as valuable as when the Chinese commander Sun Tzu called them the very essence of war some 2400…