THE BUSH WARS: ELLIS ON POPULATION-CENTRIC COUNTERINSURGENCY
Lieutenant Colonel Pete Ellis, widely known in the Marine Corps as the “amphibious warfare prophet,” wrote about far more than just amphibious operations. This series of three excerpts from his 1921 article demonstrates that he was just as prescient when it came to counterinsurgency. In Part 1, Pete Ellis began with the big picture: the strategic level of counterinsurgency. He continued on to describe the important dynamics of deploying troops to a foreign country (or, in the context of the Philippines, to occupy it.) In this section, he focuses on how to fight an insurgency.
Lieutenant Colonel Pete Ellis, widely known in the Marine Corps as the “amphibious warfare prophet,” wrote about far more than just amphibious operations. This series of three excerpts from his 1921 article demonstrates that he was just as prescient when it came to counterinsurgency. In Part 1, Pete Ellis began with the big picture: the strategic level of counterinsurgency. He continued on to describe the important dynamics of deploying troops to a foreign country (or, in the context of the Philippines, to occupy it.) In this section, he focuses on how to fight an insurgency.
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