Vietnam declassified
Subtitle: the CIA and counterinsurgency
By: Thomas L. Ahern, Jr. ; foreword by Donald P. Gregg.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813125619
Subjects: United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Underground movements; Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century; Rural development -- Vietnam, Southern -- History -- 20th century; Vietnam, Southern -- Rural conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: To build a nation; title: "The effort must be made"; title: "Get them before they get us"; title: Counterinsurgency in the Central Highlands; title: Sea swallows and strategic hamlets; title: Operation Switchback; title: Experiments in the lowlands; title: The Kien Hoa incubator; title: The People's Action Team; title: Another chance in the countryside; title: Growing pains; title: CORDS; title: Phoenix; title: The 1968 Tet Offensive and accelerated pacification; title: Disengagement; title: A matter of running city hall; title: Conclusion: The limits of pragmatism.