Defeating Communist Insurgency. The Lessons of Malaya and Vietnam PDF
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Communist Insurgency Sir Robert Thompson .v r , -S K'*f STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY I. Nato in the 1960s, by Alastair Buchan II. The Control of the Arms Race, by Hedley Bull III. Men in Uniform, by M. R. D. Foot IV. World Order and New States, by Peter Calvocoressi V. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons, by Leonard Beaton and John Maddox VI. Arms and Stability in Europe, by Alastair Buchan and Philip Windsor VII. Strategic Mobility, by Neville Brown VIII. The Security of Southern Asia, by D. E. Kennedy IX. China and the Peace of Asia, ed. Alastair Buchan STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: 10 DEFEATING COMMUNIST INSURGENCY The Lessons of Malaya and Vietnam Sir Robert Thompson FREDERICK A. PRAEGER, Publishers New York • Washington Published in the United States of America in 1966 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers 111 Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003 Second printing, 1967 © Robert Thompson 1966 All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-14507 Printed in the United States of America BOSTON PUBLIC LliRARY. This book is dedicated to those men and women in Asia who, in every walk of life, have accepted the call of leadership in the fight against communism, and have given up their lives in the strong faith and expectation that others will have the courage to take their place. CONTENTS Prtfac# page 9 1. The Setting 13 2. Communist Subversion 21 3. Communist Insurgency 28 4. Basic Principles of Counter-Insurgency 50 5. The Government Cause 63 6. The Administrative Structure 70 7. Intelligence 84 8. Information Services 90 9. Balance of Forces 103 10. Basic Operational Concepts 111 11. Strategic Hamlets 121 12. The Isolation of the Guerilla 141 13. Jungle and Frontiers 150 14. The Advisory Role 156 15. Feet on the Ground 166 MAPS , South-East Asia page 12 Malaya 46 South Vietnam 128
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