The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture

Index 303
122, 224–25, 230, 235–36, 245–46;
early withdrawal from, 247–48,
272; excess of force in, 98; Fallujah
battles, 225–30; intelligence assets
during, 224, 238, 246, 258–59; large
sweep operations, 230–33; lessons
applied during, 233–39; lessons
learned from, 2, 256–81; Marine
mantra and, 213; Marine view of,
129; media role in, 227–30, 233, 277;
nation-building in, 266; patience and
moral high ground, 236–39; reentry,
lessons for, 224–30; stability operations,
223–24; success, measures
of, 232, 251n81, 266; three-block
warfare in, 221; tribal cooperation
and, 241–45, 258–60, 272
irregular wars, 76–78, 150, 214n20. See
also counterinsurgencies
Islamic burials, 238
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 27–28
Iwo Jima flag-raising, 65
J. Walter Thompson (advertising
agency), 5, 91, 174
jarhead, 59
Jiménez, Juan Isidro, 145
Johnson, Dominic, 31
Johnson, G. A., 214n20
Johnston, Alastair Iain, 30, 35n50
jointness, 25, 33
Joker One (Campbell), 224–25
junior officers, 124, 127, 173, 210–13,
234–35
Jurney, William, 244, 264, 272
Kaplan, Robert, 227
Katzenstein, Peter, 26
Keliipaakaua, Adam, 275
Kelly, John F.: on civic affairs and protection
of locals, 223–24; on Fallujah
plan, 226; on Iraqi people, protection
of, 231; on patrols, 237; on Sunni
Awakening, 236–37; on three-block
war, 221
Kent, Carlton W., 67
Kier, Elizabeth, 29–30
killer teams (KTs), 212
Kilmartin, Robert, 161, 164–65
Kincade, William, 2, 47
Klyman, Robert, 209–10
knowledge transfer, 203–4
Korean War, Marine Corps role in,
65–66
Kreuser, Clint, 86
Krulak, Charles, 55, 68, 120–21,
220–21
Krulak, Victor “Brute”: on adaptability,
119, 121; on Army’s dependence
on Marines, 84n122; on battle as
main focus, 128; on CAP Vietnam
program, 151, 193; on fighting valor,
67; First to Fight, 57, 61, 67, 119,
121; on frugality, 105; on Marine
superiority, 66; on paranoia, 131; on
recruits, 61; on survival of Marines
organization, 132–33
Landing Force Manual (Army), 206
landing operations. See amphibious
Marine operations
Lane, Rufus, 186–87
Langley, Lester, 205
language barriers, 168, 231
large sweep operations, 230–33
Larry Nicholson, 120–21
leadership: decentralized, 210–13;
junior officers and, 124, 127, 173,
210–13, 234–35; in Marine Corps,
123–28, 161, 210; paternalism and,
125; training for, 213. See also drill
instructors
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife
(Nagl), 48
Leatherneck (newsletter), 78n1
leathernecks, 59, 68
Lee, Harry, 162
Lee, Oliver, 18, 39
legends: cultural competence in,
235–36; Fallujah battles as, 225; in
Haitian conflict, 145; identity and,
63–66; irregular wars and, 219;
professionalism and, 93–94; sources
of, 88–89
Legro, Jeffrey, 29
Leiker, Philip, 153