pt. 1. The stage: i. The background
ii. Insurgency and counterensurgency in Algeria
iii. The situation in Kabylia
iv. The sector of Tigzdrt
v. The quartier of Aissa Maimoun
vi. The Third Company and its sous-quartier
pt. 2. The struggle for control of the population: i. The strategic problem
ii. No doctrine for the counterinsurgent
iii. My own theory
iv. The indoctrination of my company
v. An operation at sector level
vi. Occasional contacts with the population
vii. Moving the company closer to the population
viii. A platoon detached to Igonane Ameur
ix. Company routine
x. Accidental purge of Bou Souar
xi. Expansion of my sous-quartier, purge of the other villages
pt. 3. Struggle for the support of the population: i. The situation in Awera in the winter of 1957
ii. The municipal reform
iii. Cleaning Tiziouzou
iv. Testing the new leaders
v. Mobilising the population
vi. Limits to local efforts
vii. Prisoners and suspects
viii. Further expansion of the sous-quartier
ix. An operation in the Mizrana Forest
x. The manpower crisis in the French army
xi. Attempts at organizing a party
pt. 4. War in the Bordj Menaiel Sector: i. The spring of 1958
ii. The revolution of May 13 and its aftermath
pt. 5. Conclusions: i. Major factors in the Algerian War
ii. Basic principles of counterinsurgent warfare.