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Hunting the Viet Cong, Volume 1: The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam, 1961-1963

Darren Poole
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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The early 1960s are considered to be a period of failure in the fight against the Viet Cong. However, new research reveals that the VC came very close to being defeated. They were - in their own words - being 'cut up'.

Hunting the Viet Cong: Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam, 1961-1963 presents a new perspective on the early stages of the Vietnam War. It shows how the counterinsurgency policy of the American-backed Diem government was effective in separating the Viet Cong from many of their supporters, forced many VC into hiding and created a platform for further government success.

The book examines both the Counterinsurgency Plan and the Strategy Hamlet program (based upon British success in the Malayan Emergency) and explains how these began to strangle insurgent activity. In many parts of South Vietnam, the VC were reduced to scavenging and intimidating the local people in order to survive. Tragically, this was a period when victory against the VC was possible but political ineptness, arrogance and military delusion threw this chance away.

Using documents captured from the Viet Cong, VC prisoner interviews and American military reports the book reveals just how close the insurgents came to being beaten. It contradicts and challenges many of the assumed notions of this time period; it reveals just how much American planners knew about Viet Cong methods, shows how they developed an excellent counterinsurgency strategy to combat insurgent violence and illustrates how - in contrast to the established wisdom - large parts of South Vietnam were under government control before the Diem coup in 1963.

The book then explains why, despite damaging the Viet Cong, the US and its South Vietnamese allies were unable to win the war. Finally, the book shows that US advisors and military personnel were combatting a violent, terrorist organization and had a moral justification for intervening in South-East Asia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hunting the Viet Cong, Volume 1: The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam, 1961-1963. To get started finding Hunting the Viet Cong, Volume 1: The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam, 1961-1963, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
120
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Helion and Company
Release
2022
ISBN
1915070635

Hunting the Viet Cong, Volume 1: The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam, 1961-1963

Darren Poole
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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The early 1960s are considered to be a period of failure in the fight against the Viet Cong. However, new research reveals that the VC came very close to being defeated. They were - in their own words - being 'cut up'.

Hunting the Viet Cong: Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam, 1961-1963 presents a new perspective on the early stages of the Vietnam War. It shows how the counterinsurgency policy of the American-backed Diem government was effective in separating the Viet Cong from many of their supporters, forced many VC into hiding and created a platform for further government success.

The book examines both the Counterinsurgency Plan and the Strategy Hamlet program (based upon British success in the Malayan Emergency) and explains how these began to strangle insurgent activity. In many parts of South Vietnam, the VC were reduced to scavenging and intimidating the local people in order to survive. Tragically, this was a period when victory against the VC was possible but political ineptness, arrogance and military delusion threw this chance away.

Using documents captured from the Viet Cong, VC prisoner interviews and American military reports the book reveals just how close the insurgents came to being beaten. It contradicts and challenges many of the assumed notions of this time period; it reveals just how much American planners knew about Viet Cong methods, shows how they developed an excellent counterinsurgency strategy to combat insurgent violence and illustrates how - in contrast to the established wisdom - large parts of South Vietnam were under government control before the Diem coup in 1963.

The book then explains why, despite damaging the Viet Cong, the US and its South Vietnamese allies were unable to win the war. Finally, the book shows that US advisors and military personnel were combatting a violent, terrorist organization and had a moral justification for intervening in South-East Asia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hunting the Viet Cong, Volume 1: The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam, 1961-1963. To get started finding Hunting the Viet Cong, Volume 1: The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam, 1961-1963, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
120
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Helion and Company
Release
2022
ISBN
1915070635

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