Korea has not been the only battleground since the end of the Second World War.

Men have fought and died in Malaya, in Greece, in the Philippines, in Algeria, and Cuba, and Cyprus,

and almost continuously on the Indo-Chinese Peninsula.

No nuclear weapons have been fired.

No massive nuclear retaliation has been considered appropriate.

This is another type of warfare.

New in its intensity, ancient in its origin,

war by guerrillas, subversions, insurgents, assassins, war by ambush instead of by combat,

by infiltration instead of aggression, seeking victory by eroding and exhausting the enemy

instead of engaging him. It is a form of warfare uniquely adapted to what has been strangely called

wars of liberation.

To undermine the efforts of new and poor countries to maintain the freedom that they have finally achieved.

It prays on economic unrest and ethnic

conflicts. It requires in those situations where we must counter it. You may hold a position of

command with our special forces, forces which are too unconventional to be called conventional,

forces which are growing in number and important and significant. And these are the kinds of

challenges that will be before us in the next decade. If freedom is to be saved, it requires a whole new

kind of strategy, a wholly different kind of force,

and therefore a new and wholly different kind of military training. The Before we begin, I would like to invite the listeners of the show to become a supporter and you can support with a small monthly donation and this will help sustain future episodes.

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