Many aspects of counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in today's contemporary operating environment suggest that historical reviews of previous COIN experiences can provide critical insight. However, the results of such reviews tended to fail to be incorporated into military doctrine as the passage of time reduced the perceived relevance of previous experiences.
In reality, detailed study of past insurgency experiences is necessary if the U.S. military is to apply the crucial principles of COIN to current threat models. An example of an army that struggled to develop COIN doctrine as it combated an insurgency is the French Army in their conflict in Algeria from 1954 to 1962. French experiences in Algeria provide information on COIN operations that achieved great success at the tactical level, but failed at the strategic level. Learn all about it reading through the master thesis of MAJ Jason Michael Norton.
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