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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 965.04642092
Fabric Type: 9780833039200
Fax Number: 1
Legal Disclaimer: 0833039202
Maximum Color Depth: RAND Corporation
Metal Type: RAND Corporation
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 324
Total External Bays Free: August 25, 2006
Total Firewire Ports: RAND Corporation
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When Algerian nationalists launched a rebellion against French rule in November 1954, France was forced to cope with a varied and adaptable Algerian strategy. In this volume, originally published in 1963, David Galula reconstructs the story of his highly successful command at the height of the rebellion. This groundbreaking work, with a new foreword by Bruce Hoffman, remains relevant to present-day counterinsurgency operations.
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During 2005-6, it was becomming readily apparent that military situation in Iraq was going from bad to worse. In an effort to get the war effort back on track, many people from generals on down to Think Tanks that support the military began to re-examine many of our basic war fighting assumptions. The Rand Corporation went back into its vaults and re-published David Galula's classic 1963 study of counter-insurgency in Algeria.
From 1956 to 1958, David Galula was a captain in the French ... Read More
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David Galula, a veritable Cassandra of counter-insurgency warfare has, thanks to the Iraq and Afghan wars, risen anew from the "dustbin of history" to have his pithy observations on the nature and conduct of "revolutionary wars" considered again.
This book is a coda to Galula's magnum opus, "Counterinsurgency Warfare". Both books are well worth reading, but "Counterinsurgency Warfare" is the more cogently argued and less anecdotal of the two. Many of the vignettes Galula recites in "Pacification" ... Read More
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Told from a narrative viewpoint, this account personalizes a low-intensity conflict and counterinsurgency. Captain Galula was revolutionary (no pun intended) in that he broke from traditional doctrine and experimented with new concepts in a new type of warfare.
This book is excellent because it reads more like a story than an instruction manual (like many counterinsurgency texts do). The reader can really get a feeling for what conditions were like on the ground and in the middle of a terrified population ... Read More
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Excellent reading for anyone interested in Algeria or counterinsurgency warfare. As a history of his experiences and not theory as with his other book (also highly recommended), it is a much more readable format. Galula comes across as part Peace Corps Volunteer, part Colonel Kurtz and totally brilliant.
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This classic from the RAND Corporation, first published in 1963, rightly deserves its reputation as the bible of counterinsurgency (COIN). While his other book, COIN: Theory and Practice, has received more attention over the last couple of years, this book gives a better portrayal of the tactical application of COIN best practices.
Galula describes his efforts at pacifying his small portions of Algeria during 1956-1958. Among the efforts he identifies, the most important factors to focus on include the realization ... Read More
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