Politics & Government · War & Peace Studies
A topic within War & Peace Studies, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Politics & Government.
No prior grounding assumed.
Twenty-Seven Articles
T. E. Lawrence · 1917
Field notes for a foreign officer advising an Arab-led revolt, arguing influence over local forces is won by deference to their own customs and…
Assumes you know the vocabulary.
U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
United States Army & United States Marine Corps · 2006
Counterinsurgency succeeds by protecting and winning the allegiance of the population, not by killing or capturing more insurgents than the enemy can…
Primary sources and full treatments.
Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958
David Galula · 1963
Reconstructs Galula's own command in Kabylia to argue counterinsurgency is a political contest for the population's allegiance, won by simultaneous,…
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T. E. Lawrence
Field notes for a foreign officer advising an Arab-led revolt, arguing influence over local forces is won by deference to their own customs and command rather than by taking the fight over yourself.
link checked 17 Sept 2026United States Army & United States Marine Corps
Counterinsurgency succeeds by protecting and winning the allegiance of the population, not by killing or capturing more insurgents than the enemy can replace.
link checked 17 Sept 2026David Galula
Reconstructs Galula's own command in Kabylia to argue counterinsurgency is a political contest for the population's allegiance, won by simultaneous, sequenced military and civil action rather than by either alone.
link checked 17 Sept 2026