From the Institute for Defense Analyses, this three-volume study derives doctrinal and operational lessons from the U.S. experience with pacification in South Vietnam.
Volume I presents a synthesis of the study's findings and the major lessons learned. Based on those lessons, the volume concludes with some specific recommendations for courses of action by U.S. policymakers.
Volume II examines in considerable detail the major elements of pacification: security, economic, political and social development; reporting and evaluation systems; and the U.S. and GVN organization for pacification. In addition, some problem areas (e.g., land reform, refugees, U.S. economic aid) are also discussed.
Volume III opens with an account of the Malayan and Philippine insurgencies and the lessons learned there and then traces in detail the evolution of pacification plans and programs in Vietnam from the French-Indochina war to the present.
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