The Tiger's Way: A U.S. Private's Best Chance for Survival
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Rated 5 starsBattlefield survival, and how to prevail.
Gunny Poole puts iron on target again. The Tigers Way is an in depth examination of Asian/Oriental small unit tactics, and how the American Army needs to restructure its command and control systems, as well as soldier training. The book is highly detailed and sometimes makes for tedious readng, but is very thorough. The appendices even include some training drills to improve our troops' knowledge base. I highly recommed...
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Rated 5 starsFuture doctrine in making
This is John Poole's best writing yet. The Tiger's Way is the best book by the man who is shaping future doctrine. If you want to understand how the future battles are going to be won - read this book. The fight for terrorism will need competent soldiers, soldiers that can think and make their own decisions. Those decisions will be based on information from lots of different sources and their understanding and knowledge...
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Rated 5 starsA Must Read for Future Officers
My mentor, MAJ Donald E. Vandergriff, uses John Poole's books for the textbooks in his Military Science class here at Georgetown. I started reading them during my first years in the ROTC program. I was captivated by Mr. Poole's ingenious ideas. I must say that in my opinion, The Tiger's Way is his best book yet. It's one of those books that makes a highlighter useless. If you highlighted the important parts, you'd end up highlighting...
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Rated 5 starsSomething Everyone Can Use, Not Just Read
This book is a must read for all ranks. Today's military is falsely secure in its ability to prosecute military operations via the use of high tech weapons and combat support systems, while continuously failing to realize that the human dimension is where warfare truly lies. Such a false sense of security mayresult in a preventable number of deaths of our servicemen - especially today in Iraq and Afghanistan. More money,...
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Rated 5 starsReview:
The United States now contends with a non-western foe whose combat success relies on guile and not upon force alone. The U.S. grunt faces a foe entirely different from his former "Cold War" opponent. H.John Poole attempts to show how the U.S. fighting man (and woman) can prevail against this opponent. "Tiger's Way" examines the eastern Eurasian grunt's tactical edge over the U.S. approach to infantry combat. Part I discusses...
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