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A People's Army for South Vietnam: A Vietnamese Solution
A lack of men, money, and any firm guarantee that the U.S. Congress will continue, for very long, to provide funds to support South Vietnam's defense establishment at current levels makes it imperative for South Vietnam to reduce the economic...
Jan 1, 1971
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An Essay on Vietnamization
In seeking to terminate its combat role in Vietnam, the United States must choose between negotiations and Vietnamization.
Jan 1, 1971
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South Vietnam's Development Prospects in a Postwar Era: A Review of the Thuc-Lilienthal Report
A critique of a 2-year effort by the U.S.-South Vietnamese Joint Development Group (JDG) postwar environment planning.
Jan 1, 1971
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Organization and Management of the New Model Pacification Program: 1966-1969
This 1970 analysis of pacification organization and management in South Vietnam is believed to be the first comprehensive systematic treatment of the pacification program.
May 7, 1970
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Concepts, Data Requirements, and Uses of the LOC Interdiction Model as Applied to North Vietnam
Provides a user's guide to the Lines of Communication Interdiction Model described mathematically in previous studies.
Jan 1, 1970
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Impact of Pacification on Insurgency in South Vietnam
The 1967-1970 Vietnam pacification program is described in terms of management, style, size, and program emphasis.
Jan 1, 1970
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Accommodation and Coalition in South Vietnam
A greater role in central government for Vietnamese sociopolitical groups is urged as a means of creating a balanced coalition of military and civilian leaders in the South.
Jan 1, 1970
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Rallying Potential Among the North Vietnamese Armed Forces
To determine characteristics that distinguish the NVA defectors fromtheir comrades, 100 NVA defectors were interviewed at the National Chieu Hoi Center in Saigon; 100 POW forming the control group were interviewed at the Bien Hoa prison camp, ...
Jan 1, 1970
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The Unchangeable War
The Army's entire repertoire of warfare was designed for conventional war in Europe. In Vietnam, the Army simply performed its repertoire even though it was frequently irrelevant to the situation. This report explores these issues.
Jan 1, 1970
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The Land Border of South Vietnam: Some Physical and Cultural Characteristics
A tabular record of border features from the Gulf of Thailand to the Tonkin Gulf, including topography, vegetation, foot trafficability, movement routes, climatology, and the composition and density of ethnic and tribal border populations.
Jan 1, 1970
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A Model of External and Internal Price Equilibrium in South Vietnam
Presents an economic model of the South Vietnamese economy.
Jan 1, 1970
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Southeast Asia after Withdrawal from Vietnam
Discusses the impact of American withdrawal from Vietnam on SEA countries.
Jan 1, 1970
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On the Question of Communist Reprisals in Vietnam
Sixteen years after the Geneva Agreement ending the first Indochina war, the extent of Communist reprisals against Vietnamese who supported the French is still unresolved — and still very much a live issue because of its implications today.
Jan 1, 1970
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Application of Lanchester Theory to Insurgency Problems
An application of Lanchester theory to the evaluation of small-unit ground actions typical of insurgency in Vietnam.
Jan 1, 1969
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Vietnam: Lessons and Mislessons
A caveat against the mislessons and nonlessons that might be drawn from the Vietnam War, and a discussion of principal areas of disagreement about policy and objectives.
Jan 1, 1969
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Boundary Concepts and Practices in Southeast Asia
Borders in Southeast Asia are largely insecure boundaries that were established by colonial administrations to stabilized spheres of influence or mark internal administrative divisions.
Jan 1, 1969
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Coercion in Vietnam?
An examination of the public record of the first half of 1965 to determine whether U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam represented an attempt at military coercion.
Jan 1, 1969
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Documents of an Elite Viet Cong Delta Unit: The Demolition Platoon of the 514th Battalion : Part Three: Military Organization and Activities
Translations of Viet Cong documents pertaining to the military activities of a demolition unit operating in the Mekong Delta. This Memorandum is third in a series representing the entire file of unit records captured intact.
Jan 1, 1969
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Documents of an Elite Viet Cong Delta Unit: The Demolition Platoon of the 514th Battalion: Part Four: Political Indoctrination and Military Training
Translations of documents pertaining to political indoctrination and military training in a Viet Cong unit operating in the Mekong Delta. This is fourth in a series representing the entire file of unit records captured intact.
Jan 1, 1969
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Documents of an Elite Viet Cong Delta Unit: The Demolition Platoon of the 514th Battalion: Part One: Unit Composition and Personnel
Translations of captured Viet Cong documents pertaining to the composition and personnel of the demolition platoon of the 514th Battalion. This report is first in a series of translations representing the entire file of unit records captured intact.
Jan 1, 1969

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