The military doctrine of revolutionary warfare is a concept from the 1950s. The “7th weapon” is a victim of its own success (the Battle of Algiers), but also of the ideological drift of its supporters. The institutionalisation of revolutionary warfare gradually transformed the army into a veritable state within a state, coexisting with civilian political power and increasingly encroaching on its areas of responsibility. It contributed to the fall of the Fourth Republic. This approach to reflection and action offers valuable lessons for analysing today’s information conflicts.
