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US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam
Christopher K. Ives
其他書名
Military Innovation and Institutional Failure, 1961-1963
出版Routledge, 2007
主題History / Military / GeneralHistory / Military / StrategyHistory / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam WarHistory / Military / United StatesHistory / Military / Special ForcesHistory / Military / Revolutions & Wars of IndependenceHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / PeacePolitical Science / Political FreedomSocial Science / Human GeographyTechnology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN04154007599780415400756
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GIguAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This volume examines the efforts ofUS Army Special Forces tomobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam.Christopher K. Ives shows how, before the Second Indochina War, the Republic of Vietnam had begun to falter under the burden of an increasingly successful insurgency. The dominant American military culture could not conform to President Kennedy's guidance to wage 'small wars', while President Diem's provincial and military structures provided neither assistance nor security. The Green Berets developed and executed effective counterinsurgency tactics and operations with strategic implications while living, training, and finally fighting with the Montagnard peoples in the Central Highlands. Special Forces soldiers developed and executed what needed to be done to mobilize indigenous minorities, having assessed what neededto be known.Combining Clausewitz, business theory and strategic insight, this book provides an important starting point for thinking about how the US military should be approaching the problems of today's â¬~small wars'.This book will be of much interest to students of the Vietnam War, Special Forces operations, military innovation and strategic theory in general.Christopher Ives holds a PhD in history from the Ohio State University, and is a veteran of the US Special Forces, with over 20 years' service. He now works as a security analyst.