Abu Muquama is one of my favorite new blogs - by two people with serious cred in counterinsurgency (I've groveled and begged them to follow Totten and crosspost some of their stuff here, that's how good I think they are). You ought to be reading them.

Along with the Small Wars Journal, they are helping some folks in Afghanistan out - apparently, there is an ad-hoc counterinsurgency academy being run by some wicked smart mid-level Army officers.

They need books.

Amazon has books.

You have money.

Are you getting my drift? Throw down for a book or two and help make more wicked smart U.S. soldiers.