the criticism of his work. Books Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: The CIA's Secret Campaign to Destroy the Viet Cong (1997) Republished in 2007 as Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam with a foreword by Harry Summers and a new preface and chapter; Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965 (2006) A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (2009) Strategic Failure: How President Obama's Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America (2015) Aid for Elites: Building Partner Nations and Ending Poverty through Human Capital (2016) Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces (2017) Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968 (2022) References External links Book website Interview on A Question of Command at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Interview on "Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965" on History News Network Triumph Forsaken Roundtable h-diplo Roundtable Review 1971 births Living people Historians of the Vietnam War Harvard University alumni American military historians American male non-fiction writers Writers from Cleveland Alumni of the University of Cambridge Historians from Ohio