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This book examines the strategy and means to defeat insurgenct or guerrilla movements based on the author's first-hand experience in China, Greece, Indochina, and Algeria.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Revolutionary War: Nature and Characteristics
The Prerequisites for a Successful Insurgency
The Insurgency Doctrine
Counterinsurgency in the Cold Revolutionary War
Counterinsurgency in the Hot Revolutionary War
From Strategy to Tactics
The Operations
Concluding Remarks

About the Author

DAVID GALULA (1919-1967) was born to French parents in Tunisia and raised in Morocco, earning his baccalaureat in Casablanca and attending the military academy at Saint-Cyr. Graduated on the eve of World War II, he saw action in North Africa, Italy, and France. An officer of the marine infantry in the old colonial army, he was assigned to China and also served with the United Nations as a military observer in Greece and military attache in Hong Kong. Colonel Galula was stationed in Algeria at the time of the revolt by the French army. Shortly before retiring he wrote Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice, while in residence at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Reviews

"This is a soldier's book, written by a professional with a classical military education....Ýi¨t has become required reading for students of warfare generally, and especially for soldiers and policymakers dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."-ARMY