Given the centrality of David Galula's theory to the U.S. Counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is striking that there has been no independent evaluation of Galula's recollection of his COIN operations in Algeria. Galula in Algeria delivers just such an analysis, exploring the colonial French counter-insurrectionary theoretical milieu of which Galula's COIN theory was a part, the influence of Galula's theory on US COIN doctrine, and the current views of Galula's theory in France and other NATO nations. -- From the publisher.

"This work is the English translation of Gregor Mathias's book : David Galula et la contre-insurrection en Algerie: la theorie a l'epreuve des faits au Djebel Aissa Mimoun, SHD, Vincennes, 2010 with the addition of a fifth part dealing with Galula's life between 1958 and 1962"--Preface. Translated from the French. "This work is the English translation of Gregor Mathias's David Galula et la contre-insurrection en Algerie: la theorie a l'epreuve des faits au Djebel Aissa Mimoun, SHD, Vincennes, 2010 with the addition of a fifth part dealing with Galula's life between 1958 and 1962"--Preface.

Galula and the Djebel Aissa Mimoun subdistrict -- The eight steps of counterinsurgency at Djebel Aissa Mimoun -- David Galula and media counterinsurgency -- Counterinsurgency at Djebel Aissa Mimoun after Galula -- David Galula and the battle of the airwaves (1958-1962).