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<p>This thesis aims to develop a better understanding of insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare through a  thorough analysis of the nature and strategies of insurgency and a comparative examination of the current strategic  approaches to counterinsurgency warfare. Toward this end, a systems model approach, which views insurgent  organizations as open systems, is adapted to the insurgent environment. Popular support, external support, and  insurgent organization are determined as the major variables of the insurgency system.  The evolution of French counterrevolutionary doctrine and its implementation in the Algerian rebellion is  examined under the light of the major variables of the system and strategies of insurgency and counterinsurgency  warfare. After an analysis of the F.L.N. tactics and French countermeasures, three important propositions are  offered: First, popular support is the primary condition for the success of the insurgent organization; second,  political, social, economic, and administrative factors have a primacy over military factors; and, third, domestic  factors have a primacy over external factors in the outcome of a rebellion.
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<br>Subjects: Insurgency; Terrorism; Military history; Economics; Political science; Tactics; Guerrilla warfare; Counterinsurgency</div>
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Dogan, Osman</div>
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