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.

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 The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam Bernard Fall Hell in a Very Small Place Bernard Fall Street Without Joy Ted Morgan Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War My Substack: https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

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 href="https://amzn.to/3UxTlzO" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam</a>Bernard Fall <a href="https://amzn.to/3xKUFq2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hell in a Very Small Place</a>Bernard Fall <a href="https://amzn.to/3QdYV7E" rel="noopener noreferrer">Street Without Joy</a>Ted Morgan <a href="https://amzn.to/4dctqVE" rel="noopener noreferrer">Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War</a>My Substack:<a href="https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx</a>Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

Ep 008 "French COIN: Introduction and the Indochina Dénouement (Part One)"

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.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cgpodcast.substack.com/">Substack: Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://libertarianinstitute.org/cgpodcast/">Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@billbuppert">Chasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTube</a>I am an Amazon Affiliate.You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me

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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 Podcast Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute Chasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTube I am an Amazon Affiliate. You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me

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.<a href="https://cgpodcast.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack: Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast</a><a href="https://libertarianinstitute.org/cgpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smedley D. Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@billbuppert" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chasing Ghosts Podcast on YouTube</a>I am an Amazon Affiliate.You can contact me at cgpodcast@pm.me

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