An edition of Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife
(2005)
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife
Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
New Ed edition
by John A. Nagl
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This book contains the doctoral thesis of the author, comparing counterinsurgency strategies and methods applied by the British in Malaya (successfully) and the Americans in Vietnam (unsuccessfully). It tries to identify success factors when fighting an insurgency in general.
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military, counter-insurgency, insurgency, Vietcong, Counterinsurgency, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, United States, Great Britain, Underground movements, Great Britain. Army, United States. Army, History, Great britain, army, United states, army, history, Malaya, history, War Underground movements, Malayan Emergency (Malaya : 1948-1960) fast (OCoLC)fst01353609, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664Places
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Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
September 15, 2005, University Of Chicago Press
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0226567702 9780226567709
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