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Roger Trinquier

Born

in La Beaume, France

March 20, 1908

Died

January 11, 1986

Genre

Military Art & Science, History

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Roger Trinquier was born into a peasant family and was graduated from the military academy at Saint-Maixent. He was posted in the Far East for much of his career. Following World War II, he campaigned in Vietnam before returning to organize and train a colonial parachute battalion in France. Then he was reassigned to Indochina as an expert on counterguerrilla warfare. This tour was followed by his active role in the revolt of May 1958 by the French army in Algeria, for which he was labeled a political colonel. Afterward Colonel Trinquier led a group of fellow officers-recruited from elite units and officially retired, but with the approval of the Ministry of Defense- to serve as mercenaries in Katanga Province, Zaire, under the secessionist ...more

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	Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency by Roger Trinquier, Eliot A. Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1961 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les maquis d'Indochine, 1952-1954: Les missions spéciales du Service Action it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1976 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Temps Perdu liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guerre, Subversion, Revolution it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Premier Bataillon De Bérets Rouges: Indochine 1947-1949 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Guerre 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La bataille pour l'élection du Président de la République by Roger Trinquier, B.H. Liddell Hart (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Indochina underground 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Guerra Moderna y La Lucha Contra Las Guerrillas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le coup d'etat du 13 mai 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Warfare is now an interlocking system of actions—political, economic,
psychological, military—that aims at the overthrow of the established
authority in a country and its replacement by another regime.”
― Roger Trinquier, Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency

tags: politics, revolution, theory-of-the-partisan, war

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