Research Guides: QPME: Small Wars and Irregular Warfare: Video

Banana Wars

U.S. Naval Academy professor Aaron O’Connell talked about the history of U.S. Marine Corps military engagements in the Caribbean, from the period following the Spanish-American War in the late 1890s into the 1930s. These military actions are known as “The Banana Wars.” Professor O’Connell spoke about the strategic and economic reasons for American military involvement in that region, and compared the leadership styles of three presidents during this era.

Guerrilla Warfare

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife

Distinguished Lecture in International Affairs, entitled "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Lessons from Iraq for Afghanistan and Beyonod" delivered by John Nagl. Given on September 22, 2011 at The Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University.

Irregular Warfare, Hybrid Threats, and the Future Role of Ground Forces

Keynote speaker Gen James Mattis talks to the Center for Strategic & International Studies.

From the USMC Research Library

Counterinsurgency: Theory and Practice (Seminar 2007) by David Kilcullen and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, et al.
Call Number: U241 .C6864 2007

This video is available at the Library of the Marine Corps.
Summary: Counterinsurgency Seminar 07 (CS 07) featuring Dr. David Kilcullen was sponsored by the Small Wars Center of Excellence, Wargaming Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. Conducted in September 2007 at Quantico, Virginia, the purpose and scope of CS 07 was to share some basic observation on counterinsurgency theory and practice derived primarily from Dr. Kilcullen's service in Iraq, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Dr. Kilcullen is a leading contemporary practitioner and theorist of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism.
Counterinsurgency Leadership Seminar, 2008 by United States Marine Corps, Center for Irregular Warfare., United States. Joint Forces Command. Joint Irregular Warfare Center.
Call Number: U241 .C6863 2008

This video is available at the Library of the Marine Corps.
Summary: A Counterinsurgency Leadership Seminar featuring Colonel Stephen Davis (USMC), Colonel David Maxwell, US Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling, US Army, was held on 8 December 2008 at Quantico, VA to discuss today's complex operating environment. Sponsors of the event were the USMC Center for Irregular Warfare (CIW), the Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center (COIN Center), the Joint Irregular Warfare Center (JIWC), and the Small Wars Journal (SWJ). Included on the enclosed DVD are video clips of the featured speakers personal experiences, their responses to questions asked from the audience, and a written report summarizing the main topics discussed.

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