Though the United States military has excelled in winning wars, it has not enjoyed the same success at "winning the peace". That requires a coordinated effort from several Departments and agencies of the United States government-- an Inter-Agency...
This booklet provides an analysis of the operational environment in Vietnam and a summary of the effective concepts and techniques used in territorial security operations through 1970. This publication addresses the conventional factors of the...
Devoted to population and resources control conducted by two separate forces: the US 1st Cavalry Division, Air Mobile (AM) and the Republic of Korea Forces, Vietnam (ROKFV). The lessons learned covers the combined cordon and search operations...
Abstract: In 1961, the government of South Vietnam (GVN) along with several United States advisors and Sir Robert Thompson, (who was personally engaged with the successful Malayan relocation), began modifying the Agroville Plan into what was known...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. To evaluate the...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. This document...
In this reference pamphlet, which follows an earlier history of the first year of Marine Corps civic action in Vietnam, the story of the second year of civilian aid policies, programs and activities is relayed. It is largely based on the records of...
In the internal defense of South Vietnam where the Vietnamese and their allies are waging war against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, another war of equal or perhaps greater importance is being waged concurrently. This second war...
This monograph offers a way of thinking about counterinsurgency tactics. There are five salient propositions that bind the paper. First, tactical success in a Phase II insurgency (such is the nature of the Salvadoran insurgency) is defined as the...
A renaissance for military justice. LTC James A. Mounts, Jr., USA, and CPT Myron G. Sugarman, USA ,br> The Hamlet evaluation system. COL Maurice D. Roush, USA
During the war years, the Republic of Vietnam and the United States pursued a common goal; their armed forces fought against the same enemy, under the same campaign plan, with the same weapon systems, and in the same environment. The strategic...
Cultural understanding of the enemy and the populace is a key factor in success on the battlefield. Knowledge of the human terrain allows leaders and soldiers to foresee the impact of military operations on both sides, thereby allowing them to plan...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
Stolfi, Russel H.; Historical Branch, G-3 Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
The origin of this pamphlet lies in the continuing program at all levels of command to keep Marines informed of the ways of combat and civic action in Vietnam. Not limited in any way to set methods and means, this informational effort spreads...
This monograph examines the Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) program in Vietnam as a potential model for the design of modern campaigns targeted against revolutionary guerrilla insurgencies. The Vietnam War ended in...
Armed Propaganda Teams represent the most effective of all returnee inducement media. The results they obtain will vary proportionately to the skill with which they are employed, their training and their motivation. In the past, much of their full...
The United States must understand the lessons of the Vietnam War in order to achieve
tactical success and meet our strategic goals in Afghanistan. Success or failure on the
battlefield in Afghanistan will be determined as it was in Vietnam by three...
Throughout its military history, the United States has demonstrated poor institutional memory resulting in a tendency to reinvent the wheel. The development of counterinsurgency doctrine in Vietnam, for instance, yielded valuable knowledge about...
Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense
Summarized in this handbook are certain basic techniques and procedures which have evolved out of several years of combat operations against the enemy. The guidance was to increase the effectiveness of U.S. forces and preclude a repetition of past...
This paper discusses the U.S. Army Field Artillery activities in Vietnam with regard to variations in terrain, supported forces, density of cannon, friendly population, and enemy activity. It is organized in a chronological manner for an objective...