Richard Clutterbuck
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Richard Clutterbuck OBE | |
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| Born | 22 November 1917 |
| Died | 6 January 1998 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | soldier and academic |
Major-General Richard Lewis Clutterbuck OBE (22 November 1917 – 6 January 1998[1]) was a British Army officer who later became a pioneer in the study of political violence.
Career
Clutterbuck attended
Chinese communists, Clutterbuck shed his rank badges to go on patrol as an ordinary soldier. As chief engineer Far East, 1966–68, Brigadier Clutterbuck put into practice in northeast Thailand the counter-terrorist philosophy he was gradually evolving. His next job after Thailand was as Engineer-in-Chief (1968–70) at the Ministry of Defence. While in the Far East he had started to read for a PhD in politics. In 1968, he enrolled at the University of London
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His last army post was back in the specialisation he had created for himself, as chief army instructor of the Royal College of Defence Studies, devoted to peacekeeping or "low-intensity operations" as they were now termed. His Who's Who entry gave his recreations as "sailing, canoeing and the study of revolution". On retirement in 1972 he received his PhD, and became a lecturer in political conflict at the University of Exeter.
Abimael Guzman, leader of the Senderistas, and the winding up of his organisation.[4]
Publications
- Across the River (as Richard Jocelyn), 1957;
- The Long Long War, 1966;
- Protest and the Urban Guerrilla, 1973;
- Riot and Revolution in Singapore and Malaya, 1973;
- Living with Terrorism, 1975;
- Guerrillas and Terrorists, 1977;
- Britain in Agony, 1978, (revised edition 1980);
- Kidnap and Ransom, 1978;
- The Media and Political Violence, 1981, (revised edition 1983);
- Industrial Conflict and Democracy, 1984;
- Conflict and Violence in Singapore and Malaysia, 1985;
- The Future of Political Violence, 1986;
- Kidnap, Hijack and Extortion, 1987;
- Terrorism and Guerrilla Warfare, 1990;
- Terrorism, Drugs and Crime in Europe after 1992, 1990;
- International Crisis and Conflict, 1993;
- Terrorism in an Unstable World, 1994;
- Drugs, Crime and Corruption, 1995,
- Public Safety and Civil Liberties, 1997
- Families, Drugs and Crime, 1998 (published posthumously)
References
- ^ a b CLUTTERBUCK, Maj.-Gen. Richard Lewis, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ^ Shakespeare, Nicholas (2008). "My fictional Abimael Guzmàn turned out to be eerily accurate". The Spectator. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Google Translate : Dance of Terror". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Shakespeare, Nicholas (30 April 2005). "Guzmán Found". Nicholas Shakespeare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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