Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife

By John A. Nagl

Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Underground movements, War Underground movements, counter-insurgency, Counterinsurgency, insurgency, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, Malaya, history, military, United States, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Malayan Emergency (Malaya : 1948-1960) fast (OCoLC)fst01353609, Great britain, army, United States. Army, United states, army, history, History, Insurgency, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Vietcong

Description: 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.