{"product_id":"galula-in-algeria-counterinsurgency-practice-versus-theory-hardcover","title":"Galula in Algeria: Counterinsurgency Practice versus Theory - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrégor Mathias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid H. Ucko\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eNeal Durando\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis groundbreaking investigation uncovers serious mismatches between David Galula's counterinsurgency practice in Algeria and his counterinsurgency theory--the foundation of current U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiven the centrality of David Galula's theory to U.S. Counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is striking that there has been no independent evaluation of Galula's recollection of his COIN operations in Algeria. \u003ci\u003eGalula in Algeria: Counterinsurgency Practice versus Theory\u003c\/i\u003e delivers just such an analysis, exploring the colonial French counter-insurrectionary theoretical milieu of which Galula's COIN theory was a part, the influence of Galula's theory on U.S. COIN doctrine, and the current views of Galula's theory in France and other NATO countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrench defense researcher Grégor Mathias compares each of the eight steps of Galula's theory set out in \u003ci\u003eCounterinsurgency Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e against his practice of them as described in his writings and now, for the first time, against the SAS archives and those of Galula's infantry company and battalion. The study shows that Galula systematically inflated his operational successes to match his theoretical scheme and that he left problems unresolved, causing his work to unravel quickly after he left his command. Mathias concludes that, however heuristically fruitful Galula's theory might prove for U.S. COIN doctrine, it must be interpreted and implemented under the caveat that it was \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e successfully field-tested by its author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Grégor Mathias\u003c\/b\u003e is Service Historique de la Defense researcher specializing in the Algerian War and professor of history and geography at the College Foch a Haguenau, Bas-Rhin, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47566009893085,"sku":"9780313395758","price":99.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/xzhVONS1ya9780313395758.webp?v=1773306429","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/galula-in-algeria-counterinsurgency-practice-versus-theory-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}