This book is solid like a rock! I keep this book as a desktop reference that I am always referencing for work. The preface of this book gives a great overview on the intent of this book, paraphrased below;"Chewing Sand is an anthology of readings relevant to the study of counter-insurgency operations, with the careful selection readings were chosen to empower the student with a compressive understanding of the fundamental origins, solutions, and tools available for the military scientist. Since the readings were not chosen for their entertainment value, a few are quite dry, and hence the title, Chewing Sand"I provided the contents below for your reference;CONTENTS:- PrefaceChapters/Sections1: The Revolution that Failed by Krepinevich2: The State-Centered Perspective on Revolutions: Strength and Limitations by Goodwin3: Introductions: Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Farming Processes -Toward a synthetic, Comparative Perspective on Social movements by McAdam, McCarthy and Zald4: Rationality and Revolutionary Collective Action by Taylor5: Delbruck: The Military Historian by Craig6: People's War by McCormick7: Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla by Marighella8: A Militant Agreement for the Uprising by Lenin9: Tactics of the Proletariat and Tasks of the Moment by Lenin10: The Military Programme of the Proletariat Revolution by Lenin11. The Wind of Revolution by Taber12: The War of the Flea by Taber13: An Alternative Approach: Insurgency as a System by Leites and Wolf14: The Authority's Viewpoint: Concepts and Conduct of Counter-rebellion by Leites and Wolf15: Inflicting Damage by Leites and Wolf16: Intelligence and Information by Leites and Wolf17: Counter-insurgency in the Cold Revolutionary War by Galula18: Counter-insurgency in the Hot Revolutionary War by Galula19: From Strategy to Tactics by Galula20: The Operations by Galula21: Guerrillas in the 1960's by Paret and Shy22: Guerrillas in History by Gann23: Framework by Kitson24: Operations by Kitson25: The Malayan Emergency in Retrospect by Komer26: The Hukbalahap Insurrection by Greenberg27: CORDS in Charge: Vietnam 1967-1972 by Blaufarb28: Denouements by Blaufarb