1st Edition
Western Thoughts on Counterinsurgency From 17th Century to the Present
Introduction
Unit I Methodology
The guerrilla combatant under international humanitarian law
Civil war
Revolutionary War
Partisan and Liberation war
Low Intensity Conflict
The use of terrorism
A "special" collaboration
The meaning of victory
Unit II History - THE PIONEERS
Chapter 1 - The Italian Thought
A forgotten past
The Brigandange and Emilio Pallavicini di Priola (1823-1901)
Guglielmo Ciro Nasi (1879-1971)
The Italian doctrine during the occuptaion of Yugoslavia (1941-1943)
Case Study: Libya (1922-1931)
Chapter 2 - The Spanish Thought
Alvaro Navia - Osoro de Santa Cruz de Mercenado (1684-1732)
Case Study: Spain (1808-1814)
Chapter 3 - The German Experience
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831)
Bandenkampf (1936-1941)
Case Study: Soviet Union (1941-1945)
Chapter 4 - The French School
Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784-1849)
Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916)
Louis Hubert Ganzalve Lyautey (1854-1934)
Case Study: Morocco (1920-1926)
Chapter 5 - The British School
Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833-1913)
Charles Edward Callwell (1859-1928)
Case Study: South Africa (1899-1902)
Chapter 6 - The Point of View of the Guerrilla Fighter
Giosué Gianavello (1617–1690)
Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888–1935)
Mao Tse Tung (1893–1976)
Vo Nguyen Giap (1911–2013)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967)
UNIT II History - MODERN THINKERS
Chapter 7 - COIN Theorists
Charles Lacheroy (1906–2005)
Jacques Hogard (1918–1999)
Roger Trinquier (1908–1986)
Bernard B. Fall (1926–1967)
David Galula (1919–1967)
Robert G. K. Thompson (1916–1992)
John J. McCuen (1926–2010)
Case Study: Algeria (1954–1962)
Chapter 8 - The Theorists of LIC
Frank E. Kitson (1926–2024)
Martin van Creveld (1946)
Case Study: Malaya (1948–1960)
Chapter 9 - The new COIN
The American production
John A. Nagl (1966)
David Kilcullen (1967)
Case Study: Iraq (2006–2007)
Unit III The Pillars
The man, before everything
Military preparation
Divide et impera
Unity is strength
Disarming the population
The importance of the initiative
The strategic principle of surprise and its tactical implementation
The elimination of sanctuaries and the support of the States
The terrain and what follows: adaptability, flexibility, resistance
Strongholds, outposts, maneuvering pins
Logistics
Intelligence
Winning with the right communication
Winning hearts and minds
The aircraft in doctrine
Unit IV The Protagonists on Stage
The commander
The troops
The enemy
The population
The home front
New War Scenarios
Biography
Federica Saini Fasanotti is a Senior Associate Fellow at The Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Milan. She is also an expert for the Geopolitical Intelligence Service, Liechtenstein, and a member of the High Level Groups, Brussels.
