Galula : the life and writings of the French officer who defined the art of counterinsurgency / A. A. Cohen ; foreword by John A. Nagl.

Author/creator Cohen, A. A.
Format Book
Publication InfoSanta Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2012.
Descriptionxxvi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Galula, David, 1919-1967.
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976--Influence.
France. Armée--Officers. --Biography.
Counterinsurgency--History. --20th century.
Counterinsurgency--United States. --History. --20th century.
Guerrilla warfare--History. --20th century. --Biography.
Military doctrine--History. --20th century.
Jews--Africa, North. --Biography.
China--History. --20th century. --Biography.
Algeria--History. --Revolution, 1954-1962. --Biography.

Variant title Life and writings of the French officer who defined the art of counterinsurgency
Contents Prologue -- Introduction -- Summary excerpts from Counterinsurgency: theory and practice -- The Galulas of Sfax -- Casablanca -- Saint-Cyr -- Under Vichy -- Fighting with la Coloniale -- Journey to the Far East -- Interlude: Mao's disciple -- The bachelor's champagne -- U.N.S.C.O.B. -- The strategic captain -- Jean Caran -- This cannot be another Indochina -- Le capitaine de Kabylie -- Interlude: French pacification tradition, revolutionary warfare and the Challe Instruction -- Under de Gaulle -- The French exchange student -- Writing counterinsurgency in the company of Lansdale and Kissinger -- Five short years -- Conclusion: The Galula Doctrine -- Epilogue: The Clausewitz of counterinsurgency -- Appendix A: Galula company orders, October 1957 -- Appendix B: Preface to Contre-insurrection: theorie et pratique by David H. Petraeus and John A. Nagl -- Chronology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012020316
ISBN9781440800498 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1440800499 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781440800504 (ebook)
ISBN1440800502 (ebook)

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