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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This article applies David Galula's theory of counterinsurgency to help explain the failures and successes in Colombia's counterinsurgency efforts against las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The case study demonstrates the continuing utility of Galula's ideas which, in their parsimony, highlight most of the important causal factors that account for dissimilar outcomes in the Colombian conflict. Colombia's divergent responses to the FARC throughout the history of the insurgency demonstrate both the detriment of improper strategy and the progress that can be achieved when Galula's laws are utilized.
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