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The Chieu Hoi Program in South Vietnam, 1963-1971
The author sums up the results of earlier research on the defection of VC/NVA personnel and describes the organization and operation of the Chieu Hoi Program, which became one of the most cost-effective programs in the pacification effort.
Jan 1, 1973
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The Pathet Lao: Leadership and Organization
Analyzes the Laotian revolutionary movement commonly known as the Pathet Lao — its leaders, commanding party (People's Party of Laos), the Lao Patriotic Front, the political and administrative organization, and military forces.
Jan 1, 1973
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Bureaucracy Does Its Thing: Institutional Constraints on U.S.-GVN Performance in Vietnam
An analysis of the impact of institutional factors on the U.S./GVN response in Vietnam.
Jan 1, 1972
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User's Guide to the Rand Interviews in Vietnam
An account of a four-year Rand project to interview ralliers and prisoners from VC and NVA ranks, and refugees, with an analysis of the scope and limitations of the nearly 2500 interview reports it produced.
Jan 1, 1972
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Forecasting Vietnam's Future: The Next Stage in the War
How will the Vietnam war end — or not end? A clear-cut victory by either side seems unobtainable now.
Jan 1, 1972
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Giap and the Seventh Son
An essay written in April 1972 on General Giap and the North Vietnamese 1972 gamble for a telling victory.
Jan 1, 1972
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Why the North Vietnamese Will Keep Fighting
Some factors explaining why the North Vietnamese will probably not abandon the war.
Jan 1, 1972
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The Logic of Failure: A Vietnam Lesson
Our experience in Vietnam has exposed a major flaw in the usual theories concerning limited war.
Jan 1, 1971
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Some Recommendations Affecting the Prospective Role of Vietnamese Highlanders in Economic Development
Review of the history of relations between the Vietnamese Highlanders and the central government since 1955 and recommendations concerning the role of the Highlanders in future economic development.
Jan 1, 1971
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Border Security in South Vietnam
This summary report is concerned specifically with infiltration of personnel across the land borders of South Vietnam.
Jan 1, 1971
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1971 and Beyond: The View from Hanoi
A discussion of the attitudes and actions of the Lao Dong, the Vietnamese Communist Party, based on statements, Viet Cong prisoner interrogations, and observation of the action pattern in Vietnam.
Jan 1, 1971
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PREMIR: A Prediction Model for Infiltration Routes
This mathematical computer model provides a systematic approach for investigating route selection criteria and degree of randomness, provided some infiltration routes are known to the investigator.
Jan 1, 1971
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FAST-VAL: Case Study of an Attack in the DMZ, 8 October 1968
Compares actual combat data with FAST-VAL simulation results for a 2-company U.S. Marine infantry attack on a North Vietnamese reinforced infantry platoon in a hastily prepared defensive position.
Jan 1, 1971
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FAST-VAL: Case Study of an Attack by A Marine Platoon on an NVA Company near Kin (1) South of Da Nang
One of a series of FAST-VAL studies comparing simulated small-unit combat engagements in Vietnam with actual combat results. In this report, a 37-man U.S. Marine infantry platoon attacks North Vietnamese troops hidden in clumps of trees.
Jan 1, 1971
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FAST-VAL: A Study of Close Air Support (A Briefing Summarizing the Comparisons of Model with Combat Results and Illustrating the Influence of Supporting Arms on Fire-fight Outcomes)
Comparisons of FAST-VAL model results with Vietnam combat results indicate that FAST-VAL computed munitions effects are consistent with the
Jan 1, 1971
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FAST-VAL: Case Study of a Two-Company NVA Attack on a Marine Company in a Defensive Position on Foxtrot Ridge
Case study of a June 1968 fire fight near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, in which 2 North Vietnamese companies attacked a U.S. Marine company in an open-foxhole defensive position, following a 70-round mortar and artillery bombardment the previous night.
Jan 1, 1971
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FAST-VAL: Case Study of North Vietnamese Army Mortar Attack on U.S. Marine Infantry Company and Battalion Command Post at Hill 256 near the Ben Hai River
The FAST-VAL II simulation model computes casualties inflicted during ground combat by small arms, mortars, artillery, and air ordnance; evaluates casualty-related effects on the performance of ground units; and appraises outcomes of ground actions.
Jan 1, 1971
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Indochina in North Vietnamese Strategy
Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam have been recognized as an interdependent front by Communist strategists for 19 years. Vietnamese Communists have been involved in Indochinese affairs for approximately 40 years.
Jan 1, 1971
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The Purge of Lo Jui-ch'ing: The Politics of Chinese Strategic Planning
Presents a plausible explanation of Lo's (Lo Jui-ch'ing, Chief of Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)) purge by linking the documents of the Vietnam debate and the revelations of internal politics during the Cultural Revolution.
Jan 1, 1971
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Imposing Communism on the Economy of South Vietnam: A Conjectural View
Projects a postwar South Vietnam controlled by Hanoi's Communist regime.
Jan 1, 1971

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