Some modern References

[Timerover51]

The Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library, at the following address, has available reports on small units actions in Iraq and Afghanistan for download.

http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/

Go to the General Military History listings, and search under Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be worthwhile to look over the entire listing for information.

 

[kilemall]

Unrestricted Warfare, a think piece by two Chinese colonels.

http://www.cryptome.org/cuw.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare


In particular for Traveller, it offers new principles of war, that strike me as quite useful for the sort of low level corporate/noble/planetary faction warfare that bubbles all over the Imperium and keeps mercs employed.

http://www.cryptome.org/cuw.htm#Chapter 8

 

[Condottiere]

Going by the summary, an update on Sun Tzu.

The issue seems to be the capability to respond to unconventional warfare, relying on the opponent to be able to only respond conventionally in environments and situations where such behaviour can only have a restricted number of predictable responses.

 

[kilemall]

Going by the summary, an update on Sun Tzu.

The issue seems to be the capability to respond to unconventional warfare, relying on the opponent to be able to only respond conventionally in environments and situations where such behaviour can only have a restricted number of predictable responses.

Exactly the sort of window of operations that would obtain in the OTU or any number of 'loose government due to comms/travel limits' situations.

I would argue the 'rule of men not of laws' bit means everyone plays hardball this way, including the Imperium.