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Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume VI Conduct of the War Book I Operational Analyses

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume VI Conduct of the War Book I Operational Analyses written by BDM CORP MCLEAN VA. and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 1, Operational Analyses, of Volume VI, Conduct of the War, of the Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam. The course of the ground war is treated chronologically in the first five chapters, reflecting the following: (1) US Aid and Advice (1950-1960) - often based on faulty perceptions of threat and the natural tendency to create an ally in our own image; (2) the Counterinsurgency Era (1960-1964) which resulted from the failure of earlier advice and support and the endemic political instability in South Vietnam; (3) America Takes Charge (1965-1968) - when the US deployed the best combat forces it has ever put in the field at the outset of a war, and a period when the massive US presence stabilized the military situation in RVN but deprived both the RNVAF and the GVN from learning how to stand on their own; also US and international public support for the war declined steadily; (4) US Phases Out (1969-1972) - when public and congressional attitudes made it necessary for the US to turn the war over to the RVNAF, and a period during which serious morale and disciplinary problems wracked many US units; (5) RVNAF Stands and Falls - Alone (1973-1975) - when US presidential promises for aid and support failed to materialize and the RVNAF proved unable to stand against the combined arms onslaught of the expanded and modernized PAVN operating from a superior geostrategic position. Air, naval, and unconventional operations are analyzed in the closing three chapters, and in each case the data and analyses cover the entire span of the war.

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume I The Enemy

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume I The Enemy written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters of this volume describe several key insights concerning the Communist Vietnamese in the period 1945-1975. These insights relate to decisions that were made and events that occurred, from which can be derived lessons concerning the Vietnam War. By their very nature, insights are specifically focused on the people, places, and historical events associated with Southeast Asia in general and, in this volume, particularly with the Communist Vietnamese. Lessons, on the other hand, must have a more general application if they are to be of value in the future. The lessons from Vietnam are not new to warfare. In the main they are lessons from earlier conflicts that were forgotten, misunderstood, or misapplied. Not surprisingly, however, a few lessons were applied properly. Because lessons are general in nature they usually appear to be platitudes. So, too, do the principles of war or the observation of von Clausewitz, or Napoleon, or Sun Tzu. This executive summary sets forth some insights and lessons that emerge solely from this volume -- The Enemy. (Author).

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 6 Conduct of the War Book 2 Functional Analyses

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 6 Conduct of the War Book 2 Functional Analyses written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to provide separate analyses of several of the functional aspects related to conduct of the war in Vietnam. Land, air, sea and river, and clandestine operations are analyzed in Book 1. This book responds to the Request for Proposal (RFP) dealing with the following subtasks: Intelligence; Logistics; Command and Control; The Advisory Effort; Psychological Operations; Civil Affairs; Measures of Progress - Keeping Score; Technology; and Allies.

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 2 South Vietnam

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 2 South Vietnam written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is concerned with the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), focusing primarily on the society, the government and its armed forces. The long subjugation of the Vietnamese population by the Chinese and the French, and the periods of relative independence, have exerted manifold influences on the society, the government and the military. The chapters of this volume each examine a specific aspect of South Vietnam to provide an understanding of the environment, people, and government and the factors that contributed to the collapse of the Republic. The following topics are examined: The societal structure and significant differences between US and Vietnamese societies; The governmental structure and US/GVN working relationships; The influence of geography and climate on the conduct of the war; The South Vietnamese economy and the impact of US aid and physical presence on that economy; The development and performance of the South Vietnamese armed forces and their leadership; The morale and will of the South Vietnamese people and the influence of the American presence; and The domestic and international constraints on GVN policy.

Book On Strategy

    On Strategy

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  • Author : Harry G. Summers
  • Publisher : Presidio Press
  • Release : 2009-02-04
  • ISBN : 0307558762
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book On Strategy written by Harry G. Summers and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning in its insight, On Strategy is required reading not just for everyone who is interested in the Vietnam War, but for anyone who is concerned about the place of the United States on the world stage and how America can, and more importantly cannot, employ its immense military force to help bring peace to an increasingly troubled world. “On Stategy is just about the best thing I have read on Vietnam.”—Drew Middleton, The New York Times “Perhaps the most trenchant single postmortem to date of our defeat in Vietnam . . . a classic . . . compact, subtle—and surprisingly readable.”—Newsweek “At our house, we sleep less easily now that Harry G. Summers Jr., Colonel of Infantry, is no longer defending us. After two wars and 38 years of active duty, Summers has retired from the Army. . . . Every taxpayer should mourn his loss. Colonel Summers is perhaps the most influential thinker of our time: his book On Strategy is required reading at the Army and Naval War Colleges.”—Jack Beatty, Boston Globe “This investigation of the U.S. army’s role in the Vietnam War is widely recognized as the single most useful postmortem on the unpopular war.”—The Washington Post Book World “The most detailed exposition of this view—that the U.S. threw away whatever chance for victory it may have had through blunders that must not be repeated—comes from Col. Harry Summers, whose book, On Strategy, has become must reading for young officers.”—Time “A masterful analysis of the strategy, or lack thereof, in the Vietnam War . . . The best critique of the war I have read and a book every policy maker in Washington should absorb.”—Max Cleland, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 8 Results of the War

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 8 Results of the War written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes and assesses the results and implications of the Vietnam War of the United States. Each of the five essays focuses on one particular area of concern: lessons of history and their use and importance for the making of future policy, the nation's foreign policy and role in the international order, the US domestic scene, the nation's defense establishment, and the region of Southeast Asia. All of the essays provide useful insights as to the results of Vietnam for these specific areas of interest.

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 4 US Domestic Factors Influencing Vietnam War Policy Making

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 4 US Domestic Factors Influencing Vietnam War Policy Making written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War demonstrated the important role played by domestic factors in foreign policy making. Social change, the US economy, the media, and the American political scene contributed to the shaping of US involvement in the war. Nevertheless, American domestic politics strongly influenced the course of US involvement in the war. While presidential politics determined the direction of US involvement through the 1960s, congressional reassertion of its constitutional function to advice and consent on foreign policy matters and more specifically on war-related issues characterized the 1970s. The following insights and lessons are derived from each of the five chapters of Volume IV.

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam written by US Army War College Department of the Army (Strategic Studies Institute) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dette bind indeholder en opsummering af serien "A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam."

Book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 5 Planning the War

Download or read book A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam Volume 5 Planning the War written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters of Volume V develop a number of key insights and lessons relating to the planning for the US involvement in the Vietnam conflict. In addition to identifying the roots and origins of US planning and policy initiatives for Vietnam, this volume describes and assesses the efficacy of US contingency planning; the US foreign policy objectives and strategies for Vietnam, national mobilization policy during this critical period, the planning and implementation of pacification and Vietnamization programs, the planning and implementation of US combat forces withdrawals, the objectives and strategies of US negotiations to end hostilities, and the impact of the US's follow-on efforts in support of South Vietnam. The insights are specific, focusing on such issues as the need for maintaining clarity and consistency in directives issued by the National Command Authority which state policy objectives and strategies, the need for a mechanism whereby US foreign policy can be thoroughly reassessed on a periodic basis, and need for US leaders and planners alike to be able to sample or test the national will to keep plans and policies in line with their desires and direction, all of which surfaced during the planning of the war. The lessons, on the other hand, are general in nature and concentrate on the broad issues and themes discussed in the volume.

Book On Strategy

Download or read book On Strategy written by Harry G. Summers and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1981 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: