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'''General Sir Frank Kitson''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (born 1926) is a retired British Officer and counterinsurgency theorist. He rose to be [[Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces]] from 1982 to 1985 and was [[Aide-de-Camp General]] to the [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen]] from 1983 to 1985. In [[1985]] he became a [[Order of the British Empire|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]]. He saw active service in counter revolutionary operations in post war colonial conflicts.
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'''General Sir Frank Kitson''' OBE, KCB, MC (born 1926) is a retired British Officer and counterinsurgency theorist. He rose to be Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces from 1982 to 1985 and was Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen from 1983 to 1985. In 1985 he became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. He saw active service in counter revolutionary operations in post war colonial conflicts.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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*Ireland 1970-1972<ref>Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/main2/Frank-Kitson.html Frank Kitson], accessed 5 December 2007</ref>
 
*Ireland 1970-1972<ref>Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/main2/Frank-Kitson.html Frank Kitson], accessed 5 December 2007</ref>
  
==counterinsurgency theorist==
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==Counterinsurgency Theorist==
 
His earlier published work on counter-gangs and measures of deception, including the use of defectors, continues to provoke strong opinions. Although sometimes wrongly credited with ''inventing'' concepts of pseudo-gangs and pseudo-operations (for example, used earlier in the [[Huk]] Insurrection<ref>[http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2005/articles/080105counter.pdf Cline, Lawrence E. (2005) ''Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from other countries'', Strategic Studies Institute, page 1]</ref> in the Philippines), his writing gave the issue a wider audience. In retirement he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry<ref>[http://www.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org.uk/ Bloody Sunday Inquiry website]</ref> into [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]] in Northern Ireland.       
 
His earlier published work on counter-gangs and measures of deception, including the use of defectors, continues to provoke strong opinions. Although sometimes wrongly credited with ''inventing'' concepts of pseudo-gangs and pseudo-operations (for example, used earlier in the [[Huk]] Insurrection<ref>[http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2005/articles/080105counter.pdf Cline, Lawrence E. (2005) ''Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from other countries'', Strategic Studies Institute, page 1]</ref> in the Philippines), his writing gave the issue a wider audience. In retirement he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry<ref>[http://www.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org.uk/ Bloody Sunday Inquiry website]</ref> into [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]] in Northern Ireland.       
  
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==Notes==
 
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[[category:Terrorologist|Kitson, Frank]]

Revision as of 17:47, 14 December 2007

General Sir Frank Kitson OBE, KCB, MC (born 1926) is a retired British Officer and counterinsurgency theorist. He rose to be Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces from 1982 to 1985 and was Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen from 1983 to 1985. In 1985 he became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. He saw active service in counter revolutionary operations in post war colonial conflicts.

Career

  • Kenya 1951
  • Malaysia 1957
  • Oman 1958-1959
  • Cyprus 1962
  • Britain 1969-1987
  • Ireland 1970-1972[1]

Counterinsurgency Theorist

His earlier published work on counter-gangs and measures of deception, including the use of defectors, continues to provoke strong opinions. Although sometimes wrongly credited with inventing concepts of pseudo-gangs and pseudo-operations (for example, used earlier in the Huk Insurrection[2] in the Philippines), his writing gave the issue a wider audience. In retirement he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry[3] into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.

Publications

Notes