The Algerian Experience in Guerrilla Warfare (1954-1962)

The small book has attempted to present the subject of Guerrilla Warfare its both theoretical and operational significances. Part one briefly deals with the aspects and fundamental principles of Guerrilla Warfare, part two explains the fundamental principles of Guerrilla Warfare, part three presents the analytical discussion of the Algerian model of Guerrilla Warfare. The main characteristic principles of Guerrilla Warfare based upon armed struggle which involved the mass movement by political indoctrination and through a well-planned organization and maintains a highly disciplined force in order to win sympathy from native people and gain unconditional popular support. The study attempts to draw the assessment of the case study on the Algerian Revolutionary War to the light of the aspects and the fundamental principles of modern Guerrilla Warfare.

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Abdelhafid Dib est professeur d'études politiques et de sécurité et ancien président du conseil scientifique de la faculté de sciences politiques et de relations internationales de l'université d'Alger 3.A étudié et obtenu des diplômes universitaires à l'université d'Alger, de Lancaster, du Kent de Canterbury et de l'université de Warwick, au Royaume-Uni, au début des années 1980.