Modern Warfare

This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era reveals how French officers who served in Indochina, like the author, Roger Trinquier, fought fierce rear-guard actions against ideologically motivated insurgents in the 1940s and 1950s to a far greater extent than their American counterparts later faced in Vietnam. The lack of coherent strategic direction from Paris in the chaotic years of the Fourth Republic left the military with the task of making political decisions in the field. With the original introduction by Bernard B. Fall and a new foreword prepared by Eliot A. Cohen.

Forward
Introduction: A Portrait of the "Centurion" by Bernard B. Fall
PART I. PREPARATION FOR WAR
The need to Adapt Our Military Apparatus to Modern Warfare
Modern Warfare Defined
An Example of a Clandestine Warfare Organization
Terrorism-The Principal Weapon of Modern Warfare
Identifying the Adversary
Defense of the Territory
PART II. THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONDUCT OF THE WAR
Direct Action on the Populations of Cities
Errors in Fighting the Guerrilla
The Problem of Resources
Conducting Counterguerrilla Operations
PART III. CARRYING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY
The Inadequacies of Traditional Warfare
Modern Warfare in Enemy Territory
Conclusion
Index