Modern Warfare A French View of Counterinsurgency

Name: Modern Warfare A French View of Counterinsurgency
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ISBN: 9780275992682

ISBN-10: 0275992683

ISBN-13: 9780275992682

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Authors: Roger Trinquier, Daniel Lee, Eliot A. Cohen, Bernard Fall

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series "Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era" reveals how French officers who served in Indochina, like the author, Roger Trinquier, fought fierce rear-guard actions against ideologically motivated insurgents in the 1940s and 1950s to a far greater extent than their American counterparts later faced in Vietnam. The lack of coherent strategic direction from Paris in the chaotic years of the Fourth Republic left the military with the task of making political decisions in the field. With the original introduction by Bernard B. Fall and a new foreword prepared by Eliot A. Cohen.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 114
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.24" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction: A Portrait of the "Centurion"




Preparation for War



The Need to Adapt Our Military Apparatus to Modern Warfare



Modern Warfare Defined



An Example of a Clandestine Warfare Organization



Terrorism-The Principal Weapon of Modern Warfare



Identifying the Adversary



Defense of the Territory



The Political and Military Conduct of the War



Direct Action on the Populations of Cities



Errors in Fighting the Guerrilla



The Problem of Resources



Conducting Counterguerrilla Operations



Carrying the War to the Enemy



The Inadequacies of Traditional Warfare



Modern Warfare in Enemy Territory


Conclusion


Index