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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Revolutionary War: Nature and Characteristics | |
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| What Is a Revolutionary War? | |
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| Revolution, Plot, Insurgency | |
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| Insurgency and Civil War | |
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| Asymmetry Between the Insurgent and the Counterinsurgent | |
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| Objective: The Population | |
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| Revolutionary War Is a Political War | |
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| Gradual Transition from Peace to War | |
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| Revolutionary War Is a Protracted War | |
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| Insurgency Is Cheap, Counterinsurgency Costly | |
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| Fluidity of the Insurgent, Rigidity of the Counterinsurgent | |
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| The Power of Ideology | |
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| Propaganda-A One-Sided Weapon | |
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| Revolutionary War Remains Unconventional Until the End | |
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| The Prerequisites for a Successful Insurgency | |
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| A Cause | |
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| Weakness of the Counterinsurgent | |
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| Geographic Conditions | |
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| Outside Support | |
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| The Insurgency Doctrine | |
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| Strategic Patterns for Insurgency | |
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| The Orthodox Pattern (Communist) | |
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| The Bourgeois-Nationalist Pattern: A Shortcut | |
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| Vulnerability of the Insurgent in the Orthodox Pattern | |
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| Vulnerability of the Insurgent in the Shortcut Pattern | |
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| Counterinsurgency in the Cold Revolutionary War | |
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| Direct Action Against the Insurgent | |
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| Indirect Action Against the Insurgent | |
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| Infiltration of the Insurgent Movement | |
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| Strengthening the Political Machine | |
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| Counterinsurgency in the Hot Revolutionary War | |
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| Laws and Principles of Counterinsurgency Warfare | |
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| Strategy of the Counterinsurgency | |
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| From Strategy to Tactics | |
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| Command Problems | |
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| Selection of the Area of Efforts | |
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| Political Preparation | |
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| The First Area as a Test Area | |
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| The Operations | |
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| The First Step: Destruction or Expulsion of the Insurgent Forces | |
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| The Second Step: Deployment of the Static Unit | |
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| The Third Step: Contact with and Control of the Population | |
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| The Fourth Step: Destruction of the Insurgent Political Organization | |
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| The Fifth Step: Local Elections | |
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| The Sixth Step: Testing the Local Leaders | |
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| The Seventh Step: Organizing a Party | |
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| The Eighth Step: Winning Over or Suppressing the Last Guerrillas | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Index | |