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PACIFICATION: THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR VIETNAM'S HEARTS By Richard A Hunt *NEW*
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN-10
- 0813334594
- Book Title
- Pacification: The American Struggle For Vietnam's Hearts And
- Genre
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Item Height
- 9 inches
- ISBN
- 9780813334592
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0813334594
ISBN-13
9780813334592
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1037613
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Pacification : the American Struggle for Vietnam's Hearts and Minds
Publication Year
1998
Subject
Military / Vietnam War, World
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2012-464494
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
959.704/373
Table Of Content
Introduction -- An Insurgency Begins -- Insurgency Unchecked, 1961-1965 -- The War and the "Other War," 1965-1966 -- Not by Force Alone: The U.S. Army in Pacification -- The Search for Solutions -- Unifying American Support of Pacification -- The Early Days of CORDS, May-December 1967 -- Leverage: CORDS's Quest for Better Performance -- The Tet Offensive and Pacification -- What Next? -- Abrams in Command: Military Support of the APC -- The Impact of the APC -- New Directions -- One War or Business as Usual? -- The Phoenix Program: The Best-Laid Plans -- The Ambiguous Achievements of Pacification -- The End of an Experiment -- A Note on Sources
Synopsis
During the Vietnam War, the United States embarked on an unusual crusade on behalf of the government of South Vietnam. Known as the pacification program, it sought to help South Vietnam's government take root and survive as an independent, legitimate entity by defeating communist insurgents and promoting economic development and political reforms. In this book, Richard Hunt provides the first comprehensive history of America's "battle for hearts and minds," the distinctive blending of military and political approaches that took aim at the essence of the struggle between North and South Vietnam.Hunt concentrates on the American role, setting pacification in the larger political context of nation building. He describes the search for the best combination of military and political action, incorporating analysis of the controversial Phoenix program, and illuminates the difficulties the Americans encountered with their sometimes reluctant ally. The author explains how hard it was to get the U.S. Army involved in pacification and shows the struggle to yoke divergent organizations (military, civilian, and intelligence agencies) to serve one common goal. The greatest challenge of all was to persuade a surrogate--the Saigon government--to carry out programs and to make reforms conceived of by American officials.The book concludes with a careful assessment of pacification's successes and failures. Would the Saigon government have flourished if therehad been more time to consolidate the gains of pacification? Or was the regime so fundamentally flawed that its demise was preordained by its internal contradictions? This pathbreaking book offers startling and provocative answers to these and other important questions about our Vietnam experience., Pacification provides the first comprehensive history of America's "battle for hearts and minds" in Vietnam. More than simply an ideological campaign, pacification, which included the controversial "Phoenix Program," blended military and political approaches for developing a popular base for the Saigon government. It was in many ways the essence of the struggle between North and South Vietnam. The author details the difficulties of planning and implementing pacification efforts and offers a provocative assessment of the program's successes and failures., During the Vietnam War, the United States embarked on an unusual crusade on behalf of the government of South Vietnam. Known as the pacification program, it sought to help South Vietnam's government take root and survive as an independent, legitimate entity by defeating communist insurgents and promoting economic development and political reforms. In this book, Richard Hunt provides the first comprehensive history of America's ?battle for hearts and minds, ? the distinctive blending of military and political approaches that took aim at the essence of the struggle between North and South Vietnam.Hunt concentrates on the American role, setting pacification in the larger political context of nation building. He describes the search for the best combination of military and political action, incorporating analysis of the controversial Phoenix program, and illuminates the difficulties the Americans encountered with their sometimes reluctant ally. The author explains how hard it was to get the U.S. Army involved in pacification and shows the struggle to yoke divergent organizations (military, civilian, and intelligence agencies) to serve one common goal. The greatest challenge of all was to persuade a surrogate'the Saigon government'to carry out programs and to make reforms conceived of by American officials.The book concludes with a careful assessment of pacification's successes and failures. Would the Saigon government have flourished if there had been more time to consolidate the gains of pacification? Or was the regime so fundamentally flawed that its demise was preordained by its internal contradictions? This pathbreaking book offers startling and provocative answers to these and other important questions about our Vietnam experience, During the Vietnam War, the United States embarked on an unusual crusade on behalf of the government of South Vietnam. Known as the pacification program, it sought to help South Vietnam's government take root and survive as an independent, legitimate entity by defeating communist insurgents and promoting economic development and political reforms. In this book, Richard Hunt provides the first comprehensive history of America's "battle for hearts and minds," the distinctive blending of military and political approaches that took aim at the essence of the struggle between North and South Vietnam.Hunt concentrates on the American role, setting pacification in the larger political context of nation building. He describes the search for the best combination of military and political action, incorporating analysis of the controversial Phoenix program, and illuminates the difficulties the Americans encountered with their sometimes reluctant ally. The author explains how hard it was to get the U.S. Army involved in pacification and shows the struggle to yoke divergent organizations (military, civilian, and intelligence agencies) to serve one common goal. The greatest challenge of all was to persuade a surrogate--the Saigon government--to carry out programs and to make reforms conceived of by American officials.The book concludes with a careful assessment of pacification's successes and failures. Would the Saigon government have flourished if there had been more time to consolidate the gains of pacification? Or was the regime so fundamentally flawed that its demise was preordained by its internal contradictions? This pathbreaking book offers startling and provocative answers to these and other important questions about our Vietnam experience.
LC Classification Number
DS558.H86 1995b
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