Sir Robert Thompson

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Sir Robert Thompson was a British counterinsurgency expert and colonial administrator best known for shaping anti-guerrilla strategies in Malaya and later advising U.S. policy in the Vietnam War.

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instanceOf British civil servant
colonial administrator
counterinsurgency expert
person
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying Cross
Efficiency Decoration
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1916-04-12
dateOfDeath 1992-05-15
educatedAt Sedbergh School
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork colonial administration
counterinsurgency
guerrilla warfare
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced United States counterinsurgency doctrine
Vietnam War pacification strategy
influencedBy British imperial policing experience
knownFor advising United States policy in Vietnam War
counterinsurgency practice
counterinsurgency theory
role in Malayan Emergency
militaryBranch Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
name Robert Grainger Ker Thompson
notableWork Defeating Communist Insurgency
No Exit From Vietnam
Revolutionary War in World Strategy, 1945–1969
occupation author
civil servant
military strategist
placeOfBirth County Londonderry
Ireland
Londonderry
linked to: Derry
placeOfDeath England
London
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom
positionHeld Advisor to U.S. Mission in Vietnam
Chairman, British Advisory Mission to South Vietnam
Head of Emergency Operations, Malaya
Permanent Secretary for Defence, Federation of Malaya
servedIn Burma
linked to: Myanmar

South-East Asia
linked to: Southeast Asia
theoryEmphasized importance of secure rural areas in defeating insurgents
political primacy over military action in insurgencies
population-centric counterinsurgency
workedOn Malayan Emergency
Vietnam War counterinsurgency

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