Afrique: A Warning for America - Softcover

H. John Poole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981865909 ISBN 13: 9780981865904

Publisher: Posterity Press (NC), 2015

Synopsis

Afrique offers a detailed "in-theater" intelligence brief on the degree of Chinese expansion in Africa. In the process, it uncovers several disturbing facts: (1) how America's current heroin deluge is due to a largely unimpeded drug conduit across Africa; (2) how the 1994 Rwandan genocide still goes on in the Eastern DRC; (3) how freedom had hit the skids in South Africa; and (4) how the U.S. has been deprived of natural resources essential to its security. But, at the same time, this book demonstrates how police investigative procedure would better ascertain the progress of America's arch-enemies than standard U.S. intelligence-gathering methods. That's because those enemies (the Islamists, Communists, and drug runners) all operate from the bottom up -- through thousands of tiny, seemingly inconsequential, razor cuts at the local level. Many of those cuts have additionally been disguised, so most never register with electronic surveillance or the mainstream media. With 54 nations under attack from those same enemies, modern-day Africa makes a perfect research model for such a conclusion. At the end, Afrique talks about how the U.S. military could more effectively reverse these trends.

About this title

About the Author:

Through an inverted military career, H. John Poole has discovered a few things that more promotable people miss. After spending two of his first four years as a combat commander, he did his last seven as an enlisted tactics instructor. That allowed him to see why U.S. troops have always had so much trouble with counterinsurgency, and short-range combat in general. Their tactical techniques are quite simply outmoded -- so unlikely to surprise an alert adversary as to be "premachinegun" in format. This little oversight on the part of their commanders and how to correct it forms much of the framework for Poole's work. Since retirement from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993, he has has traveled extensively in both Communist and Islamist worlds and written 14 other tactics/intelligence supplements. He has also conducted multiday training sessions on how to develop advanced infantry technique for 41 U.S. battalions, 9 schools, and 7 special operations units. As most U.S. intelligence personnel know too little about the Eastern thought process and evolution of squad tactics, these supplements provide currently deployed GIs with a rare glimpse into their enemy's intentions. Since 2000, Poole has gone to Russia, Mainland China (twice), North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India (three times), Pakistan (twice), Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, Tanzania, and Venezuela. Over the course of his lifetime, he has further traveled throughout most of the world. He has visited six African countries: Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Tanzania, and -- just recently -- Zambia and South Africa. Between early tours in the Marine Corps (from 1969 to 1971), Poole worked as a criminal investigator for the Illinois Bureau of Investigation (IBI). After attending the State Police Academy for several months in Springfield, he worked out of the IBI's Chicago office on general criminal and drug cases.

Review:

"This is an absolute must read for any U.S. leader -- military, intelligence, or otherwise. Saving America will take better identifying all threats flying in under the bureaucratic radar." -- Booklife, August 2017

"Through intelligence-gathering methods routinely used by U.S. law enforcement agencies for crime solving, Afrique reveals for the first time just how completely Africa has now been subverted by ... Muslim expansionists ... [and] those from the People's Republic of China." -- Military Officer, December 2015

"You wouldn't ... think about turning to a book called, 'AFRIQUE, A Warning for America,' to read about the global ambitions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), but retired Marine and noted military author H. John Poole does a good job of connecting the dots."--Aviation Week, 2 November 2015

"If you are interested in assessments of current events and likely future trends from an insightful student of tactics ... [who] has closely studied each of the players, and not only the superficial, collective wisdom of our time ..., you will find Afrique fascinating." -- Tactics and Preparedness, November 2015

"We have growing security interests in Africa. We are ... dealing with the threats to those interests in a meager, ineffective way.... Poole offers a well thought out course of action that focuses on everything from a strategic understanding of what we face ... to the tactical requirements for small units ... on the ground. We should heed his sage advice and look to adopting his recommendation (former head of CENTCOM)."-- Gen. Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Ret.), August 2015

"Author ... Poole summarizes the expanding Islamic and Chinese presence ... in Africa in ... Afrique. He describes the challenges confronting the United States and outlines strategies and tactics to counter the insidious threat. Unless we act, ... the Dark Continent ... will become the Lost Continent (former head of 1st Marine Division)." --M.Gen. John H. Admire USMC (Ret.), August 2015

"In the mid 1960's, as America was ... mired down in ... Vietnam ..., the People's Republic of China was getting involved in eastern Africa with railroad building and foreign aid to buy influence.... In using ... Islamic radicals to keep America's attention, China has moved back into Africa in a major league way. Wars are primarily fought over futuristic needs of raw natural resources (just look at Japan & Germany in the 1930's and 40's) and the next war is already taking shape in Africa.... Poole signals a clarions call to wake up before its too late (retired U.S. Army historian of 35 years)!" --Kim Holien, August 2015

"Poole is the consummate red teamer, and he proves it once again in this volume. He digs into ... both the past and the present to challenge status quo perceptions (and misperceptions) regarding Chinese and radical Islamic intentions in Africa. He supports his hypothesis with a wealth of insights and evidence. Why haven't more observers connected the dots? Perhaps [it's] because the implications are so troubling (founder and editor of Red Team Journal)." --Dr. Mark Mateski, August 2015

About this edition

• Publisher: Posterity Press (NC)
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0981865909
• ISBN 13: 9780981865904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 466