TY  - BOOK
AU  - JARDINE Eric
TI  - The influence of military materiel on tactics and strategy in counterinsurgency: a case of British Malaya
PY  - 2011///
KW  - MALAYAN EMERGENCY
KW  - COUNTERINSURGENCY
KW  - MILITARY TACTICS
KW  - MILITARY STRATEGY
N2  - This article presents an inductive case analysis of the British counterinsurgency in Malaya, emphasizing the tactical and strategical aspects of the campaign.  It also describes the manner in which British forces adapted to the insurgent's tactical programme. Suggests that increasing the numbers of troops and the amount of equipment deployed (as America did in Vietnam and Afghanistan) may actually be counterproductive
ER  -