Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
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Blackstone Publishing, 2012.
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John A. Nagl., John A. Nagl|AUTHOR., & John Pruden|READER. (2012). Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam . Blackstone Publishing.

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John A. Nagl, John A. Nagl|AUTHOR and John Pruden|READER. 2012. Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam. Blackstone Publishing.

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John A. Nagl, John A. Nagl|AUTHOR and John Pruden|READER. Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam Blackstone Publishing, 2012.

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John A. Nagl, John A. Nagl|AUTHOR, and John Pruden|READER. Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam Blackstone Publishing, 2012.

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