Title: Theory and Practice of Associative Power
Description: This text asserts that the United States needs to use associative power in place of both hard power and soft power to succeed in achieving its national security objectives. The author uses the CORDs program during the Vietnam War as an example of associative power.
Subjects: Vietnam, politics and government, Counterinsurgency, Integrated operations (Military science), Vietnam War, 1961-1975, United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, United States, United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Civil Operations and Rural Development Support