Sir Robert Thompson is/was a British counter-insurgency expert. He has received the orders KBE, CMG, DSO and MC.

• Fought as a Chindit in WWII.
• As Permanent Secretary of Defence for Malaya, Sir Robert Thompson was a major player in the defeat of the communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
• Head of British Advisory Mission to Vietnam (and Washington)
• Has written extensively about the use of commandos in and counter-insurgency operations in Asymmetric warfare.

Published works

• "Defeating Communist Insurgency: Experiences in Malaya and Vietnam (Study in International Security)", Chatto & Widus, 1966, ISBN 070111133X
• "Royal Flying Corps (Famous Regts. S)",L Cooper, 1968, ISBN 085052010X
• "No Exit From Vietnam", David McKay company, Inc., New York, 1969 ,ISBN 0701114940
• "Revolutionary Warfare in World Strategy", Taplinger Publishing Co., 1970
• "Peace Is Not At Hand" New York: David McKay,London: Chatto and Windus, 1974, ISBN 0701120576
• "War in Peace: An Analysis of Warfare Since 1945",(consultant editor) 1981, Octopuss Publishing Limited, London, ISBN 0856133418
• "Make for the Hills", an autobiography, London, Pen & Sword Books/Leo Cooper, 1989, ISBN 0850527619

External links

• Chapter IV: Sir Robert Thompson's Counterinsurgency ConceptsPDF is an analysis of his "Defeating Communist Insurgency"
• King's College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives reference to some news paper articels published by Sir Robert Thompson.
• British resettlement village model during the Malayan Emergency, and early American involvement in Vietnam Relies heavily on Sir Robert Thompson's analysis