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来源类型 | Publications - Reports - Focus Stratégique |
规范类型 | 报告 |
Francs-tireurs et Centurions : Les ambiguïtés de l'héritage contre-insurrectionnel français Focus stratégique, No. 29, March 2011 | |
Etienne de DURAND | |
发表日期 | 2011-03-30 |
出版年 | 2011 |
概述 | The war in Afghanistan and David Galula’s reputation in the United States have revived France’s counterinsurgency legacy. This legacy must be divided into two separate periods: the colonial era and later on the wars of decolonization fought by France in Indochina and Algeria. |
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Francs-tireurs et Centurions : Les ambiguïtés de l'héritage contre-insurrectionnel français Focus stratégique, No. 29, March 2011
The war in Afghanistan and David Galula’s reputation in the United States have revived France’s counterinsurgency legacy. This legacy must be divided into two separate periods: the colonial era and later on the wars of decolonization fought by France in Indochina and Algeria. ![]() Although figures such as Bugeaud, Lyautey and Gallieni retained at the time the status of mavericks in the traditional military establishment, they greatly contributed to the development of a French ‘national style" in irregular warfare, both original and successful. On the contrary, theorists from the 1950s and 1960s (Lacheroy, Hogard, Trinquier) were to a large extent inspired by revolutionary warfare. Accordingly, they viewed counterinsurgency as a form of total war based on ‘psychological operations" and very coercive methods. Political drift in Algeria abruptly silenced these debates and turned counterinsurgency into a taboo for forty years. Judgment must be exercised before reactivating the debates and know-how of the past. Part of this legacy may constitute a legitimate and fruitful source of inspiration for current interventions. However, it is essential to take into account the political and strategic dimension of this type of warfare and not to lose sight of the limits of historical comparisons. This paper is published in French only - Francs-tireurs et Centurions : Les ambiguïtés de l'héritage contre-insurrectionnel français
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关键词 | Counterinsurgency doctrine France |
URL | https://www.ifri.org/en/publications/enotes/focus-strategique/francs-tireurs-centurions-ambiguites-de-lheritage-contre |
来源智库 | French Institute of International Relations (France) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/415490 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Etienne de DURAND. Francs-tireurs et Centurions : Les ambiguïtés de l'héritage contre-insurrectionnel français Focus stratégique, No. 29, March 2011. 2011. |
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