马蒂厄上校是当前反起义正统方式的无名英雄：将针对目标国家的出兵规模降至最低，派遣人员主要是情报机构（如中央情报局）和“特别部队”人员。
Colonel Mathieu is the unsung hero of current counter-insurgency orthodoxy, which requires a minimum military presence in the target country, mainly of intelligence agencies like the CIA and “special forces.”