The Long Long War by Richard L. Clutterbuck recounting the Malay insurgency from 1948-1960.

I first stumbled upon a copy in Fallujah, then found another one in the Library at Camp Lejeune.  Now I finally have my own.

My reading list for the past few months--Gibbon, Sykes, Al Tabari, Qutb, etc.--is best summed up with a line Jerry Agar used a few times--"Another thing I read so you don't have to."
 

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