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John A. Nagl

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in Omaha, Nebraska, The United States

January 01, 1966

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Memoir, Military Science & Theory, Military History

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Average rating: 3.92 · 3,066 ratings · 204 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl, Peter J. Schoomaker (Foreword) 3.98 avg rating — 1,875 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice 3.79 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping The Edge: Revitalizing America's Military Officer Corps by John A. Nagl, Brian M. Burton, Don M. Snider 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq by John A. Nagl, Brian M. Burton it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asymmetric Threats to U.S. National Security to the Year 2010 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Institutionalizing Adaptation: It’s Time for a Permanent Army Advisor Corps liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Indispensable Force: Investing in America's National Guard and Reserves by John A. Nagl, Travis Sharp, Gordon Sullivan (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Economy of Force: Training U.S. Partner Militaries by John A. Nagl, Lesley Anne Warner, David Maxwell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam 1st (first) edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knife Fights by John A. Nagl, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Galula had noted that counterinsurgency is only 20 percent military and 80 percent everything else—politics mostly, but also economics, development, and information operations.”
― John A. Nagl, Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice

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“first, that in a counterinsurgency campaign, the top priority is not to kill the enemy but to protect the population from enemy intimidation. This was a dramatic change from U.S. policy”
― John A. Nagl, Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice

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“The other pillar was more original. It centered on the need to build adaptive learning organizations to succeed in counterinsurgency campaigns, which the manual described as competitions in learning.”
― John A. Nagl, Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice

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