The Buon Enao Experiment And American Counterinsurgency
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The Buon Enao Experiment And American Counterinsurgency
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Author : J. P. Harris
language : en
Publisher: Central Library Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Buon Enao Experiment And American Counterinsurgency written by J. P. Harris and has been published by Central Library Royal Military Academy Sandhurst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Counterinsurgency categories.
In the aftermath of withdrawal from Vietnam the US military tended to turn its back on insurgency/counterinsurgency. Events since 2001 have, however, thrust this type of warfare back onto its institutional agendas. How long the trend will continue is unclear but so far the early 21st Century has been another "counterinsurgency era" in American military history. This may, therefore, be an appropriate moment to take a fresh look at the Buon Enao experiment: one of the most sophisticated counterinsurgency efforts that Americans have ever conceived and mounted. A small village in South Vietnam's Central Highlands, Buon Enao became the starting point for a defence complex that embraced much of Darlac, amongst the country's largest provinces, checking the Communist surge there and, to a considerable degree, rolling it back. The Buon Enao experiment, moreover, initiated the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) programme: the biggest programme involving US Army Special Forces personnel during the Second Indochina War. It would be inaccurate to suggest that the Buon Enao experiment has been forgotten. It is, at least in broad outline, familiar to those with a substantial knowledge of the history of American counterinsurgency and that of US Special Forces. Yet, though recognized as important and referred to in a plethora of publications, it lacks the full scholarly treatment it deserves and most of the brief published accounts available contain inaccuracies that require correction. The present article is intended as a modest step towards a thorough academic appraisal: a reasonably detailed, accurate record of events accompanied by some tentative analysis of Buon Enao in relation to the further development of the CIDG program in Vietnam and subsequent US Army approaches to counterinsurgency.
Us Special Forces And Counterinsurgency In Vietnam
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Author : Christopher K. Ives
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-01-24
Us Special Forces And Counterinsurgency In Vietnam written by Christopher K. Ives and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-24 with Education categories.
This volume examines US Army Special Forces efforts to mobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam. Christopher K. Ives shows how before the Second Indochina War, the Republic of Vietnam had begun to falter under the burden of an increasingly successful insurgency. The dominant American military culture could not conform to President Kennedy’s guidance to wage 'small wars', while President Diem’s provincial and military structures provided neither assistance nor security. The Green Berets developed and executed effective counterinsurgency tactics and operations with strategic implications while living, training, and finally fighting with the Montagnard peoples in the Central Highlands. Special Forces soldiers developed and executed what needed to be done to mobilize indigenous minorities, having assessed what needed to be known. Combining Clausewitz, business theory and strategic insight, this book provides an important starting point for thinking about how the US military should be approaching the problems of today's ‘small wars’. US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam will be of much interest to students of the Vietnam War, Special Forces operations, military innovation and strategic theory in general.
Vietnam Declassified
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Author : Thomas L. Ahern
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2009-11-18
Vietnam Declassified written by Thomas L. Ahern and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-18 with History categories.
This insider’s account of CIA operations in the Vietnam War is “a major contribution to scholarship” on US counterinsurgency programs (John Prados, author of Lost Crusader). Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong. Covering the CIA engagement from 1954 to mid-1972, it provides a thorough analysis of the agency and its partners. Retired CIA operative and intelligence consultant Thomas L. Ahern Jr. is the first to comprehensively document the CIA's role in the rural pacification of South Vietnam, drawing from secret archives to which he had unrestricted access. In addition to a chronology of operations, the book explores the assumptions, political values, and cultural outlooks of not only the CIA and other US government agencies, but also of the peasants, Viet Cong, and Saigon government forces competing for their loyalty. “This long-awaited volume, finally cleared for open publication and filled with fascinating detail, insider perspective, and controversial judgments, is a must-read for all students of the Vietnam War.” —Lewis Sorley, author of Westmoreland
Us Special Forces And Counterinsurgency In Vietnam
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Author : Christopher K. Ives
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2007
Us Special Forces And Counterinsurgency In Vietnam written by Christopher K. Ives and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This volume examines the efforts ofUS Army Special Forces tomobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam.Christopher K. Ives shows how, before the Second Indochina War, the Republic of Vietnam had begun to falter under the burden of an increasingly successful insurgency. The dominant American military culture could not conform to President Kennedy's guidance to wage 'small wars', while President Diem's provincial and military structures provided neither assistance nor security. The Green Berets developed and executed effective counterinsurgency tactics and operations with strategic implications while living, training, and finally fighting with the Montagnard peoples in the Central Highlands. Special Forces soldiers developed and executed what needed to be done to mobilize indigenous minorities, having assessed what neededto be known.Combining Clausewitz, business theory and strategic insight, this book provides an important starting point for thinking about how the US military should be approaching the problems of today's â¬~small wars'.This book will be of much interest to students of the Vietnam War, Special Forces operations, military innovation and strategic theory in general.Christopher Ives holds a PhD in history from the Ohio State University, and is a veteran of the US Special Forces, with over 20 years' service. He now works as a security analyst.
Viet Nam
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Author : Ben Kiernan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-17
Viet Nam written by Ben Kiernan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-17 with History categories.
For many Westerners, the name Vietnam evokes images of a bloody televised American war that generated a firestorm of protest and brought conflict into their living rooms. In his sweeping account, Ben Kiernan broadens this vision by narrating the rich history of the peoples who have inhabited the land now known as Viet Nam over the past three thousand years. Despite the tragedies of the American-Vietnamese conflict, Viet Nam has always been much more than a war. Its long history had been characterized by the frequent rise and fall of different political formations, from ancient chiefdoms to imperial provinces, from independent kingdoms to divided regions, civil wars, French colonies, and modern republics. In addition to dramatic political transformations, the region has been shaped by its environment, changing climate, and the critical importance of water, with rivers, deltas, and a long coastline facilitating agricultural patterns, trade, and communications. Kiernan weaves together the many narrative strands of Viet Nam's multi-ethnic populations, including the Chams, Khmers, and Vietnamese, and its multi-religious heritage, from local spirit cults to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Catholicism. He emphasizes the peoples' interactions over the millennia with foreigners, particularly their neighbors in China and Southeast Asia, in engagements ranging from military conflict to linguistic and cultural influences. He sets the tumultuous modern period--marked by French and Japanese occupation, anticolonial nationalism, the American-Vietnamese war, and communist victory--against the continuities evident in the deeper history of the people's relationships with the lands where they have lived. In contemporary times, he explores this one-party state's transformation into a global trading nation, the country's tense diplomatic relationship with China and developing partnership with the United States in maintaining Southeast Asia's regional security, and its uncertain prospects for democracy. Written by a leading scholar of Southeast Asia, Viet Nam presents an authoritative history of an ancient land.
Counterinsurgency In Modern Warfare
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Author : Daniel Marston
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Counterinsurgency In Modern Warfare written by Daniel Marston and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with History categories.
A fascinating discussion of the development of counterinsurgency by experts in the field. Throughout history armies of occupation and civil power have been faced with the challenges of insurgency. British and American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies have had to adopt new doctrines and tactics to deal with the problems of insurgency and diverse counterinsurgency strategies have been developed. Here, fourteen authors examine the development of counterinsurgency from the early 20th century to the present. Including information on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Afghanistan and Iraq this book is a timely and accessible survey of a critical facet of modern warfare. This new paperback edition features a revised introduction, updated chapters on Iraq and Afghanistan and a completely new chapter on Columbia by expert Thomas Marks.
Cowboy
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Author : Daniel Ford
language : en
Publisher: Warbird Books
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Cowboy written by Daniel Ford and has been published by Warbird Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with History categories.
Cowboy was handsome, flamboyant, courageous, clever, and cruel. He got his nickname from the Green Berets who worked with him in the Highlands of South Vietnam in the 1960s. "You've got to take the bad with the good," one Special Forces captain said of him. "And Cowboy is a good interpreter." And in the end, he was murdered by his own side, the Montagnard rebels who were equally opposed to the Communists in Hanoi and the generals in Saigon. A compelling look at a country and a people caught up in a Cold War they couldn't understand, and which in the end destroyed them.
Tribal Soldiers Of Vietnam
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Author : David K. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2007-01-23
Tribal Soldiers Of Vietnam written by David K. Moore and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-23 with History categories.
Vietnam Studies
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Author : Col Francis J. Kelly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-12-10
Vietnam Studies written by Col Francis J. Kelly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-10 with History categories.
As long ago as 1957, U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were in the Republic of Vietnam. going about their business of training, advising, and assisting members of the Vietnamese Army. Despite the old Army witticism about never volunteering for anything, the Special Forces soldier is. in fan, a double volunteer, having first volunteered for airborne training and then again for Special Forces training. From a very meager beginning but sustained by a strong motivation and confidence in his mission, the Special Forces soldier has marched through the Vietnam struggle in superb fashion. In 1957 some fifty-eight Vietnamese soldiers were given military training by Special Forces troops. Ten years later the Special Forces were advising and assisting over 40,000 paramilitary troops, along with another 40,000 Regional Forces and Popular Forces soldiers. This monograph traces the development and notes the progress, problems. successes, and failures of a unique program undertaken by the U.S. Army for the first lime in its history. It is hoped that all the significant lessons learned have been recorded and the many pitfalls of such a program uncovered. I am responsible for the conclusions reached, yet my thought processes could not escape the influence of the many outstanding officers and men in the Special Forces who joined in the struggle. Particularly, I must lake note of the contributions of the Special Forces noncommissioned officers, without question the most competent soldiers in the world. With the withdrawal of the Special Forces from Vietnam in 1971, the Army could honestly lay claim to a new dimension in ground warfare-the organized employment of a paramilitary force in sustained combat against a determined enemy. I know I speak for my predecessors and successors in claiming that the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was the finest collection of professional soldiers ever assembled by the U.S. Army, anywhere, anytime. Francis John Kelly Colonel, Armor 1972
Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya And Vietnam
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Author : John Nagl
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2002-10-30
Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya And Vietnam written by John Nagl and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-30 with History categories.
Compares performances of the British and U.S. Armies in Southeast Asia to isolate key variables that allowed or prevented successful adaptation to events on the ground.