Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958 / David Galula ; foreword by Bruce Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galula, David, 1919-1967.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterinsurgency--Algeria.

Counterinsurgency.

Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962--Personal narratives, French.

Algeria.

Galula, David, 1919-1967.

Galula, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The French experience in Algeria's war of independence provides astonishing relevance to the U.S. occupation in Iraq and the war on terrorism. In this volume, originally published in 1963, David Galula recounts his experiences in Algeria at the height of the rebellion and presents his theories on counterinsurgency and pacification.

Contents:

pt. 1. The stage: i. The background

ii. Insurgency and counterensurgency in Algeria

iii. The situation in Kabylia

iv. The sector of Tigzdrt

v. The quartier of Aissa Maimoun

vi. The Third Company and its sous-quartier

pt. 2. The struggle for control of the population: i. The strategic problem

ii. No doctrine for the counterinsurgent

iii. My own theory

iv. The indoctrination of my company

v. An operation at sector level

vi. Occasional contacts with the population

vii. Moving the company closer to the population

viii. A platoon detached to Igonane Ameur

ix. Company routine

x. Accidental purge of Bou Souar

xi. Expansion of my sous-quartier, purge of the other villages

pt. 3. Struggle for the support of the population: i. The situation in Awera in the winter of 1957

ii. The municipal reform

iii. Cleaning Tiziouzou

iv. Testing the new leaders

v. Mobilising the population

vi. Limits to local efforts

vii. Prisoners and suspects

viii. Further expansion of the sous-quartier

ix. An operation in the Mizrana Forest

x. The manpower crisis in the French army

xi. Attempts at organizing a party

pt. 4. War in the Bordj Menaiel Sector: i. The spring of 1958

ii. The revolution of May 13 and its aftermath

pt. 5. Conclusions: i. Major factors in the Algerian War

ii. Basic principles of counterinsurgent warfare.

Notes:

"MG-478."

" A new edition of a Rand classic"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8330-5547-X

0-8330-4108-8

1-4337-0959-7

OCLC:

437182778