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The book frames modern warfare as requiring adaptation of military institutions, defines modern warfare, and explores clandestine organization, terrorism, and methods for identifying the adversary. It then addresses political and military conduct, including actions affecting city populations, common errors against guerrillas, resource constraints, and conducting counterguerrilla operations, concluding with the limits of traditional warfare in enemy territory.","MODERN WARFARE: A French View of Counterinsurgency  \nRoger Trinquier  \nPraeger Security International  \nModern Warfare  \nPSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era  \nCounterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice David Galula  \nCommunist Revolutionary Warfare: From the Vietminh to the Viet Cong George K. Tanham  \nModern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency Roger Trinquier  \nCounter-Guerrilla Operations: The Philippine Experience Napolean D. Valeriano and Charles T.R. Bohannan  \nMODERN WARFARE  \nA French View of Counterinsurgency  \nRoger Trinquier  \nTranslated from the French by Daniel Lee  \nWith an Introduction by Bernard B. Fall Foreword by Eliot A. Cohen  \nPSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era  \nPraeger Security International Westport, Connecticut • London  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nTrinquier, Roger.  \nModern warfare : a French view of counterinsurgency / Roger Trinquier; Translated from the French by Daniel Lee; With an introduction by Bernard B. Fall; Foreword by Eliot A. Cohen.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(PSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0–275–99267–5 (alk. paper)– ISBN 0–275–99268–3 (pbk : alk. paper)  \n1. Tactics 2. Guerrilla warfare 3. Subversive activities 4. France—Defenses I. Title II. Series  \nUA700 .T713 1964  \n355 64013363  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 1964, 2006 by Praeger Security International  \nAll rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher.  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64013363  \nISBN: 0–275–99267–5  \n0–275–99268–3 (pbk.)  \nFirst published in France in 1961 under the title La Guerre Moderne by Editions de la Table Ronde  \nPraeger Security International, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.  \n[www.praeger.com](www.praeger.com)  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nThe paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984) .  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword  \nby Eliot A. Cohen vii  \nIntroduction: A Portrait of the “Centurion” by Bernard B. Fall xi  \nPART ONE. PREPARATION FOR WAR 1  \n1. The Need to Adapt Our Military Apparatus to  \nModern Warfare 3  \n2. Modern Warfare Defined 5  \n3. An Example of a Clandestine Warfare Organization 9  \n4. Terrorism—The Principal Weapon of Modern Warfare 15  \n5. Identifying the Adversary 23  \n6. Defense of the Territory 27  \nPART TWO. THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONDUCT  \nOF THE WAR 35  \n7. Direct Action on the Populations of Cities 37  \n8. Errors in Fighting the Guerrilla 45  \n9. The Problem of Resources 51  \n10. Conducting Counterguerrilla Operations 57  \nvi CONTENTS PART THREE. CARRYING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY 75  \n11. The Inadequacies of Traditional Warfare 77  \n12. Modern Warfare in Enemy Territory 83  \nConclusion 89  \nIndex 91  \nFOREWORD  \nWorld War II divided the French military and the experience of bitter conflicts in Indochina and Algeria did so again—culminating in one successful and one unsuccessful revolt by the military against the government. Roger Trinquier was no Gaullist: an officer in the colonial infantry, he spent the war first defending the French concession in Shanghai and then in Indochina under the Japanese occupation. Yet although he missed fighting with the Free French in North Africa and Europe or with the maquis, he saw plenty of action during the rest of his career. Following his internment by the Japanese in 1945, he continued to serve in Indochina and then in Algeria.  \nHe led counterguerrilla units against the Viet Minh, including thousands of montagnard tribesmen in the climactic battle of Dien Bien Phu; narrowly escaping being purged as a Vichy sympathizer, he rotated between training assignments in France and duty as a paratrooper in Algeria, including with t","cbCaitG5Ow0qCPdS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitG5Ow0qCPdS","pdf",487147,7,1,115,"English","en",105,"# Foreword\n# Introduction\n# Part One. 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