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Author Ahern, Thomas L., 1932-
Title Vietnam declassified [electronic resource] : the CIA and counterinsurgency / Thomas L. Ahern Jr. ; foreword by Donald P. Gregg.
Publication Info Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.



Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 450 p.) : ill., maps.
Contents Introduction: To build a nation -- "The effort must be made" -- "Get them before they get us" -- Counterinsurgency in the Central Highlands -- Sea swallows and strategic hamlets -- Operation Switchback -- Experiments in the lowlands -- The Kien Hoa incubator -- The People's Action Team -- Another chance in the countryside -- Growing pains -- CORDS -- Phoenix -- The 1968 Tet Offensive and accelerated pacification -- Disengagement -- A matter of running city hall -- Conclusion: The limits of pragmatism.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780813173573 (e-book)
0813173574 (e-book)
9780813139333 (e-book)
0813139333 (e-book)
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Author Ahern, Thomas L., 1932-
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Underground movements.
Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam.
Rural development -- Vietnam.
Vietnam, Southern -- Rural conditions.
Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 450 p.) : ill., maps.
Contents Introduction: To build a nation -- "The effort must be made" -- "Get them before they get us" -- Counterinsurgency in the Central Highlands -- Sea swallows and strategic hamlets -- Operation Switchback -- Experiments in the lowlands -- The Kien Hoa incubator -- The People's Action Team -- Another chance in the countryside -- Growing pains -- CORDS -- Phoenix -- The 1968 Tet Offensive and accelerated pacification -- Disengagement -- A matter of running city hall -- Conclusion: The limits of pragmatism.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780813173573 (e-book)
0813173574 (e-book)
9780813139333 (e-book)
0813139333 (e-book)
Author Ahern, Thomas L., 1932-
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Underground movements.
Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam.
Rural development -- Vietnam.
Vietnam, Southern -- Rural conditions.

Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Underground movements.
Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam.
Rural development -- Vietnam.
Vietnam, Southern -- Rural conditions.
Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 450 p.) : ill., maps.
Contents Introduction: To build a nation -- "The effort must be made" -- "Get them before they get us" -- Counterinsurgency in the Central Highlands -- Sea swallows and strategic hamlets -- Operation Switchback -- Experiments in the lowlands -- The Kien Hoa incubator -- The People's Action Team -- Another chance in the countryside -- Growing pains -- CORDS -- Phoenix -- The 1968 Tet Offensive and accelerated pacification -- Disengagement -- A matter of running city hall -- Conclusion: The limits of pragmatism.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780813173573 (e-book)
0813173574 (e-book)
9780813139333 (e-book)
0813139333 (e-book)

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