The Marines even set about writing an updated "Small Wars Manual." "But the armed forces," writes Boot, "need to change more than their organizational chart; they need to change their outlook.

The Marines even set about writing an updated "Small Wars Manual." "But the armed forces," writes Boot, "need to change more than their organizational chart; they need to change their outlook.

The Book is a 375-page encyclopedic volume called “Small Wars Manual, U.S. Marine Corps,” written more than six decades ago by Marine officers as a record of tactics used in suppressing ...

In my chapter on the Marines’ Small Wars Manual, written in the 1930s, I suggested that, although its philosophy of interventions was very timely, much of its specific tactical advice was “now ...

Big Book of Little WarsSmartbombs may have morphed warfare forever, but some things never change. Witness the current popularity of the 64-year-old Marine Corps Small Wars Manual. "One of the ...