Counterinsurgency Warfare Theory and Practice

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military & Politics

Reviews:

• One sign of an expert is the ability to clearly and concisely analyze and explain his subject. LTC David Galula's Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice achieves both goals admirably....Counterinsurgency Warfare should be required reading for every military officer and noncommissioned officer, as well as today's political leaders. Armed with Galula's insightful wisdom, the American military can be armed against the mistakes of Vietnam and Iraq.
  —Marine Corps Gazette December 2007
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not withering away for lack of a mission, says Moore, but is ascending from triumph to triumph. She describes how, under the first President Bush and President Clinton, it increased democracy and unity in Europe, and since 9/11 has extended its efforts beyond Europe to birth a new political order in parts of the world suffering from instability.
  —Reference & Research Book News May 2007
• This is a soldier's book, written by a professional with a classical military education....[i]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 April 2006

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