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A Rhodes scholar, Nagl studied at Oxford University in the 1990s. His dissertation was supervised by [[Robert O'Neill|Professor Robert O'Neill]], who was at that time director of the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] and Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University. Nagl writes that [[Robert O'Neill|O'Neill]] 'suggested the topic and saw it through to the end.' <ref>see Acknowledgments in John A. Nagl, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2JIjFpSZ6iYC&printsec=frontcover ''Counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam: learning to eat soup with a knife''] (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002)</ref> Nagl's PhD thesis was published in 1997 and titled, 'British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War' <ref>John A. Nagl, “British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Oxford: University of Oxford, 1997</ref> In 2002 the thesis was published as a book titled ''Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam''. The introduction to a recent edition of the book was written by Gen. Peter Schoomaker, at the time the Army's chief of staff. <ref>Thomas E. Ricks, '[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503359.html High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank]', Washington Post, 16 January 2008</ref>
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A Rhodes scholar, Nagl studied a Masters and PhD in International Relations at Oxford University. <ref>John A. Nagl, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2JIjFpSZ6iYC&printsec=frontcover ''Counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam: learning to eat soup with a knife''] (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002) p.250</ref> Nagl's PhD thesis was published in 1997 and titled, 'British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War' <ref>John A. Nagl, “British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Oxford: University of Oxford, 1997</ref> It was supervised by [[Robert O'Neill|Professor Robert O'Neill]], who was at that time director of the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] and Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University. Nagl writes that [[Robert O'Neill|O'Neill]] 'suggested the topic and saw it through to the end.' <ref>see Acknowledgments in John A. Nagl, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2JIjFpSZ6iYC&printsec=frontcover ''Counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam: learning to eat soup with a knife''] (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002)</ref> In 2002 Nagl's thesis was published as a book titled ''Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam''. The introduction to a recent edition of the book was written by Gen. [[Peter Schoomaker]], at the time the Army's chief of staff. <ref>Thomas E. Ricks, '[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503359.html High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank]', ''Washington Post'', 16 January 2008</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:26, 28 May 2009

John A. Nagl is a counterinsurgency writer.

Biogrpahy

Education

A Rhodes scholar, Nagl studied a Masters and PhD in International Relations at Oxford University. [1] Nagl's PhD thesis was published in 1997 and titled, 'British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War' [2] It was supervised by Professor Robert O'Neill, who was at that time director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University. Nagl writes that O'Neill 'suggested the topic and saw it through to the end.' [3] In 2002 Nagl's thesis was published as a book titled Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam. The introduction to a recent edition of the book was written by Gen. Peter Schoomaker, at the time the Army's chief of staff. [4]

Active service

According to the Washington Post, 'Nagl led a tank platoon in the 1991 Persian Gulf war and served in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 as the operations officer for an Army battalion in Iraq's Anbar province.' [5] A contributor note in the December 2007 Rusi Journal states that Nagl commanded, 'the 1st (US) Battalion, 34th Armor at Fort Riley, Kansas' and 'served as the operations officer of Task Force Centurion in Al-Anbar in 2003 and 2004'. [6]

Retirement

In 2008 the Washington Post reported that Nagl, then 41, had 'decided to leave the service to study strategic issues full time' at the Center for a New American Security [7]

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Affiliations

Notes

  1. ↑ John A. Nagl, Counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam: learning to eat soup with a knife (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002) p.250
  2. ↑ John A. Nagl, “British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Oxford: University of Oxford, 1997
  3. ↑ see Acknowledgments in John A. Nagl, Counterinsurgency lessons from Malaya and Vietnam: learning to eat soup with a knife (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002)
  4. ↑ Thomas E. Ricks, 'High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank', Washington Post, 16 January 2008
  5. ↑ Thomas E. Ricks, 'High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank', Washington Post, 16 January 2008
  6. ↑ 'John Nagl reviews Here, Bullet By Brian Turner', RUSI Journal, Vol. 152, No. 6, December 2007, pp.94–108
  7. ↑ Thomas E. Ricks, 'High-Profile Officer Nagl to Leave Army, Join Think Tank', Washington Post, 16 January 2008
  8. ↑ Screengrab created 28 May 2009, 14:42
  9. ↑ King's College London Insurgency Research Group, accessed 27 may 2009
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