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Robert G.K. Thompson

Born

in The United Kingdom

April 12, 1916

Died

May 16, 1992

Genre

Political & Military Affairs, History, Memoir

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Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson KBE CMG DSO MC was a British military officer, colonial civil servant and foreign military adviser. He was an R.A.F. officer during World War II, serving primarily in the China-Burma-India theatre; he served for a time as liaison officer with the legendary Chindits (officially known as the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade) formed and commanded by Brigadier Orde Wingate. After the war, Thompson returned to the Malayan Civil Service, which he had joined in 1938, becoming in 1946 the Assistant Commissioner of Labour in the state of Perak. After attending the Joint Services Staff College at Latimer, he was appointed in 1950 to the staff of the British Director of Operations (at that time the newly appointed Lieutena ...more

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Robert G.K. Thompson’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 75 ratings · 5 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Defeating Communist Insurgency really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1966 — 4 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
	War In Peace: Conventional And Guerrilla Warfare Since 1945 by Robert G.K. Thompson (Editor), John Keegan (Contributor), Ian F.W. Beckett (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1981 — 8 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
	No Exit From Vietnam 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1969 — 4 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
	Revolutionary War In World Strategy 1945-1969 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1970 — 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
	All Quiet on the Eastern Front: The Death of South Vietnam by Anthony Trawick Bouscaren (Editor & Contributor), Drew Middleton (Contributor), William F. Buckley Jr. (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1977 — 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
	Peace Is Not At Hand really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974 — 4 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
	The Royal Flying Corps by Robert G.K. Thompson, Brian Horrocks (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968	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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“A government which does not act in accordance with the law forfeits the right to be called a government and cannot then expect its people to obey the law.”
― Robert G.K. Thompson, Defeating Communist Insurgency

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“To study some of the lessons of Malaya and Vietnam, it is first necessary to consider the background and effects of the Second World War.”
― Robert G.K. Thompson, Defeating Communist Insurgency

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