Full Description
Focusing on the diverse experiences of modern Western counterinsurgency thinking, this book brings together in one volume the important testimonies on the counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN), its development over the centuries, from the late 17th century to the present. The volume is divided into four parts. Part One serves as a framework for some of the types of conflict in which guerrilla warfare has manifested over the centuries. Part Two deals with the protagonists of the Western doctrine, those who have written about it from the late seventeenth century to the present. Part Three is designed to delve into the most important tactical-strategic elements for those about to counter an insurgency. Part Four is dedicated to the real protagonists of small wars, to what their role was, and is, in the dynamics of irregular wars. Western Thoughts of Counterinsurgency: From 17th Century to the Present will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and can be used in courses of geopolitics, military history and in the military academies.
Contents
Introduction
Unit I Methodology
The guerrilla combatant under international humanitarian law
Civil war
Revolutionary War
Partisan and Liberation war
Low Intensity Conflict
The use of terrorism
A "special" collaboration
The meaning of victory
Unit II History - THE PIONEERS
Chapter 1 - The Italian Thought
A forgotten past
The Brigandange and Emilio Pallavicini di Priola (1823-1901)
Guglielmo Ciro Nasi (1879-1971)
The Italian doctrine during the occuptaion of Yugoslavia (1941-1943)
Case Study: Libya (1922-1931)
Chapter 2 - The Spanish Thought
Alvaro Navia - Osoro de Santa Cruz de Mercenado (1684-1732)
Case Study: Spain (1808-1814)
Chapter 3 - The German Experience
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831)
Bandenkampf (1936-1941)
Case Study: Soviet Union (1941-1945)
Chapter 4 - The French School
Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784-1849)
Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916)
Louis Hubert Ganzalve Lyautey (1854-1934)
Case Study: Morocco (1920-1926)
Chapter 5 - The British School
Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833-1913)
Charles Edward Callwell (1859-1928)
Case Study: South Africa (1899-1902)
Chapter 6 - The Point of View of the Guerrilla Fighter
Giosué Gianavello (1617-1690)
Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935)
Mao Tse Tung (1893-1976)
Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967)
UNIT II History - MODERN THINKERS
Chapter 7 - COIN Theorists
Charles Lacheroy (1906-2005)
Jacques Hogard (1918-1999)
Roger Trinquier (1908-1986)
Bernard B. Fall (1926-1967)
David Galula (1919-1967)
Robert G. K. Thompson (1916-1992)
John J. McCuen (1926-2010)
Case Study: Algeria (1954-1962)
Chapter 8 - The Theorists of LIC
Frank E. Kitson (1926-2024)
Martin van Creveld (1946)
Case Study: Malaya (1948-1960)
Chapter 9 - The new COIN
The American production
John A. Nagl (1966)
David Kilcullen (1967)
Case Study: Iraq (2006-2007)
Unit III The Pillars
The man, before everything
Military preparation
Divide et impera
Unity is strength
Disarming the population
The importance of the initiative
The strategic principle of surprise and its tactical implementation
The elimination of sanctuaries and the support of the States
The terrain and what follows: adaptability, flexibility, resistance
Strongholds, outposts, maneuvering pins
Logistics
Intelligence
Winning with the right communication
Winning hearts and minds
The aircraft in doctrine
Unit IV The Protagonists on Stage
The commander
The troops
The enemy
The population
The home front
New War Scenarios
