In this first episode, I discuss the fundamentals of French irregular warfare doctrine with a concentration on COIN, French martial history in a thumbnail and the tragedy of French arms in post-WWII Indochina.References:Martin Windrow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3UxTlzO">The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam</a>Bernard Fall <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3xKUFq2">Hell in a Very Small Place</a>Bernard Fall <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3QdYV7E">Street Without Joy</a>Ted Morgan <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/4dctqVE">Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War</a>My Substack:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx">https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx</a>Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

Ep 009 "French COIN: Algeria: Losing Afrique (Part Two)"

An unauthorized podcast series peeking behind the curtain at the vast machinery and briar patch politics of fighting terrorism and insurgency and everything in between. I'm a "COINtra" and not a "COINdinista", the latter are the vast army of apparatchiks and apologists who fire the engines of Irregular Warfare (IW) planet-wide. We're the skeptics and doubters of all things IW and special operations. And we are a tiny sliver of the IW community. I have noticed a jarring gap in this part of the discussion and intend on filling the breach.Substack: Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare PodcastSmedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian InstituteChasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTubeI am an Amazon Affiliate.You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me