Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958 /
When Algerian nationalists launched a rebellion against French rule in November 1954, France, mired in similar wars for independence in its colonial territories, was in a poor position to cope with further upheaval. The Algerian strategy encompassed varying approaches and was more adaptable than tha...
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Corp.,
2006.
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| Series: | MG (Rand Corporation) ;
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. The stage: i. The background
- ii. Insurgency and counterensurgency in Algeria
- iii. The situation in Kabylia
- iv. The sector of Tigzdrt
- v. The quartier of Aissa Maimoun
- vi. The Third Company and its sous-quartier
- pt. 2. The struggle for control of the population: i. The strategic problem
- ii. No doctrine for the counterinsurgent
- iii. My own theory
- iv. The indoctrination of my company
- v. An operation at sector level
- vi. Occasional contacts with the population
- vii. Moving the company closer to the population
- viii. A platoon detached to Igonane Ameur
- ix. Company routine
- x. Accidental purge of Bou Souar
- xi. Expansion of my sous-quartier, purge of the other villages
- pt. 3. Struggle for the support of the population: i. The situation in Awera in the winter of 1957
- ii. The municipal reform
- iii. Cleaning Tiziouzou
- iv. Testing the new leaders
- v. Mobilising the population
- vi. Limits to local efforts
- vii. Prisoners and suspects
- viii. Further expansion of the sous-quartier
- ix. An operation in the Mizrana Forest
- x. The manpower crisis in the French army
- xi. Attempts at organizing a party
- pt. 4. War in the Bordj Menaiel Sector: i. The spring of 1958
- ii. The revolution of May 13 and its aftermath
- pt. 5. Conclusions: i. Major factors in the Algerian War
- ii. Basic principles of counterinsurgent warfare.