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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Strategic Hamlet Program → keyFigure → Sir Robert Thompson ⓘ