The Borneo Confrontation is well worth a close look. It was actually a State-v-state War comprising mostly regular forces, but obviously with irregular forces as well (The Insurrection in Brunei) - nothing new in that, - but it walks all over the cookie cutter definitions of "COIN."
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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