Christopher K. Ives

US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam (eBook, ePUB)

Military Innovation and Institutional Failure, 1961-63

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines US Army Special Forces efforts to mobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134145843
• Artikelnr.: 38263902

Autorenporträt

Christopher Ives holds a PhD in history from the Ohio State University, and is a veteran of the US Special Forces, with over 20 years' service. He now works as a security analyst.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Crossbows to Carbines 2. Combatants and Continuities 3. Contexts
Doctrines
and Discontinuities 4. Counterinsurgency in Vietnam: Competing Discourses 5. Choosing the Wrong Trails 6. Threatened Hamlets and Bad Advice 7. Operational Innovation
Institutional Failure