I. Introduction While nominally based on counterinsurgency, Learning to Eat Soup is primarily focused on how institutions learn and adapt to new challenges. Learning to Eat Soup is broadly divided into two halves: a compare-contrast of two case studies -the British and American experiences combating guerillas in Malaya and Vietnam - and a summary of the way in which two differing military institutions approached the problems arising from adapting to a newer form of combat. Throughout the text, Nagl gives special focus to the ways in which organizations learn when faced with previously un-encountered challenges. This report will follow Nagl closely -the British and American military culture will be discussed, and the way each respective
