Quote Originally Posted by Colin Robinson View Post
Does anyone have accessible copies of the older FID manuals from the 1960s and 1970s? I'm a PhD student with the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom trying to ascertain what guidance was available to the first Western officers trying to reconstruct armies after civil wars in the 1980s: especially Zimbabwe with the BMATT but also later efforts.
As concerns UK manuals, none that I can think of. Most well read UK officers would have been familiar with Kitson, Paget, and a few other of the usual suspects.

Also bear in mind, that Zimbabwe was more about integrating the rebels into the existing - if re-branded - Army. The Army did not need re-building. The man who commanded UK forces in Zimbabwe during the transition was Major General Ackland. I believe he is still with us.