Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency
| AUTHOR | Trinquier, Roger |
| PUBLISHER | Praeger (08/01/2006) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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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.
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ISBN-13:
9780275992675
ISBN-10:
0275992675
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
120
Carton Quantity:
22
Product Dimensions:
6.34 x 0.58 x 9.60 inches
Weight:
0.69 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Annotated,
Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Military Science
Technology & Engineering | Wars & Conflicts - General
Technology & Engineering | Asia - Southeast Asia
Dewey Decimal:
355
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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.
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Author:
Trinquier, Roger
Roger Trinquier (1908-1986) graduated from the military academy at Saint-Maixent, and was posted in the Far East for much of his career, serving first in Indochina and then in China. Following World War II, he campaigned in Vietnam before returning to organize and train a colonial parachute battalion in France. He was later reassigned to Indochina as an expert on counterguerrilla warfare. Trinquier took an active role in the revolt of May 1958 by the French army in Algeria, and led a group of fellow officers who served as mercenaries in Katanga Province, Zaire, (with the approval of the Ministry of Defense) under the secessionist leader Moise Tshombe. Trinquier published La Guerre Moderne and a number of other books dealing with the Indochina war and the exploits of French airborne forces. His writings had an immense impact on the development of counterinsurgency theory.
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