This document is a story of the final Indochina struggle and eventual and tragic collapse of the South Vietnamese (Vietnam War timeframe). Chapters include information on U.S. organization for a cease-fire, decline of U.S. support, strategic raids,...
The performance of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at the Battle of Ap Bac, January 2, 1963, established a narrative that the South Vietnamese were unwilling to fight or lacked aggressiveness. At the time of the Battle of Ap Bac, the...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. War and politics...
This thesis examines the effect of civil defense forces on a counterinsurgency campaign through a study of the Civilian Irregular Defense Group in the Republic of Vietnam. This thesis challenges a common U.S. Army viewpoint on counterinsurgency...
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office, Field Development Division
These catalogs contain a complete listing of PSYOP materials available to personnel in Vietnam, descriptions of products available from JUSPAO or the four in-country PSYOP battalions. Types of products include leaflets, handouts, stationery,...
First Calvary Division operational report detailing 1st Calvary operations in the Binh Ding Province, including Operation Pershing and the continuation of Operation Thayer.
This is a study on the transportation systems and communications in French Indo-China. Topics include railways, motor transport, street railways, internal waterways and canals, commercial air transport, shipping, telephone/telegraph/cable, postal...
United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
This is the Regional Force and Popular Force handbook for advisors which was used to provide pertinent data for the advisory effort at all levels, along with providing information which guided advisors to specific references concerning RF and PF...
The following has been written to record the operations that constitute the Communist "general offensive" of 1968. They are recounted and collected into book from the lessons of history that are of concern to the members of the Vietnamese Armed...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. This monograph analyzes the problem areas of operational cooperation and coordination, conceived both as a command and control device to prosecute the common war effort...
This monograph examines the effectiveness of the combined French and American Training Relations and Instruction Mission. The United States' fears regarding the spread of communism during the 1950s appeared justified in Vietnam following the French...
During the war years, the Republic of Vietnam and the United States pursued a common goal; their armed forces fought against the same enemy, under the same campaign plan, with the same weapon systems, and in the same environment. The strategic...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. The document...
This monograph focuses on the use of analysis in combat operations and concentrates in the utilization of techniques in situations which the authors were personally familiar. It primarily covers the systematic blending of military judgment, data...
This monograph analyzes and compares all four periods of enemy offensive activities which lasted well into 1969. Seeking to present the Vietnamese point of view, it assesses enemy and friendly strategies, the reactions and combat performance of the...
Pacification is the military, political, economic, and social process of establishing or reestablishing local government responsive to and involving the participation of the people. It includes the provision of sustained, credible territorial...
This is a CSI Reprint of Joint Publications Research Service, Southeast Asia Report No. 1247, Foreign Broadcast Information Service. JPRS publications contain information primarily from foreign newspapers, periodicals and books, but also from news...
1st Calvary Division operational report for the period of August 1-October 31, 1966 detailing activities in the central highlands including Operation John Paul Jones
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. To evaluate the...