M.R.D. Foot is a decorated veteran of the British Army and scholar of modern history. His many books include
SOE: The Special Operations Executive 1940-1946. For the (London)
Times, he named a critics chart of "six books on irregular war."
One book to make his list:
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E Lawrence
Full of guerrilla theory: how Arab irregulars helped to break Turkish power over the Levant in 1917-18.
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another book on Foot's list.
--Marshal Zeringue