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        1. Galula: The Life and Writings of the French Officer Who Defined the Art of Counterinsurgency.
        2. This book is an essential read for all those who serve (military and civilian), as Alain Cohen's depiction of David Galula's life and writings provides an.
        3. This comprehensive analytical biography is the definitive work on the life and writings of history's most significant counterinsurgency doctrinaire, David.
        4. David Galula, born on January 10, in Sfax (Tunisia), grew up in Casablanca (Morocco), at a time when both Tunisia and Morocco were French protectorates.

          5. This book is an essential read for all those who serve (military and civilian), as Alain Cohen's depiction of David Galula's life and writings provides an..

          David Galula

          French Army officer and counterinsurgency theorist (1919–1967)

          David Galula (10 January 1919 – 11 May 1967) was a French military officer and scholar who was influential in developing the theory and practice of counterinsurgency warfare.

          Early life

          Born in Sfax, then part of the French protectorate of Tunisia, on 10 January 1919 into a family of Jewish merchants, Galula obtained his baccalauréat in Casablanca[3] at the Lycée Lyautey.

          In 1949, Galula married Ruth Beed Morgan (1922–2011). He is survived by his only son, Daniel Frederic Galula, born in Paris in 1959, and his grandchildren, David Salvador Galula and Danielle Sophia Galula.

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          Military career

          Galula graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in the number 126 promotion of 1939–1940. In 1941, he was expelled from the French officer corps, in accordance with the Law on the status of Jews of the Vichy State.

          After living as a civilian in North Africa, he joi