Robert G. K. Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 April 1916[1] |
| Died | 16 May 1992 (aged 76)[1] |
| Service/ | Royal Air Force |
| Battles/wars | Burma Campaign during World War II Malayan Emergency |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire (KBE) Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Military Cross (MC) |
Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson KBE CMG DSO MC (1916–1992) was a British military officer and counter-insurgency expert who "was widely regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as the world's leading expert on countering the Mao Tse-tung technique of rural guerrilla insurgency".[1] His 1966 book Defeating Communist Insurgency played an important role in popularizing the "hearts and minds" approach to counterinsurgency.[2][3]
- ^ a b c Times staff 1992.
- ^ French, David (2012). "Nasty not nice: British counter-insurgency doctrine and practice, 1945–1967". Small Wars & Insurgencies. 23 (4–5): 744–761. doi:10.1080/09592318.2012.709763. ISSN 0959-2318. S2CID 144218212.
- ^ French, David (2011). The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945-1967. Oxford University Press. pp. 2–3.
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