CORDS

The Spatial Dimension: Population-centric COIN at the Expense of Abandoning Territory Overdone to a Reductio ad Absurdum - A Vietnam Case

SWJED — Mon, 06 May 2019 18:11:36 +0000

The Spatial Dimension: Population-centric COIN at the Expense of Abandoning Territory Overdone to a Reductio ad Absurdum - A Vietnam Case SWJED Mon, 05/06/2019 - 2:11pm

In the final, 1975 onslaught, ARVN with RF lacked the capacity to react to multiple diversionary assaults by enemy local forces and to deploy the necessary concentration of force on multiple fronts to halt PAVN advances toward the capital.[v] Overstretched ARVN, further weakened by US Congressional reduction, with a vengeance, of POL, ammunition and equipment re-supply to a trickle, was simply overwhelmed.

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A Winning Strategy for Afghanistan

SWJED — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:46:14 +0000

A Winning Strategy for Afghanistan SWJED Mon, 09/10/2018 - 1:46am

The right kind of strategic instincts were also used by H.R. McMaster and several other local US commanders in Iraq when they formed partnerships with the Sunni tribal leaders to jointly fight the fundamentalist insurgents in Anbar Province. A similar program can still be undertaken in Afghanistan. It is never too late to trust the people.

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Assessing Pacification in Vietnam: We Won the Counterinsurgency War!

SWJED — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:30:34 +0000

Assessing Pacification in Vietnam: We Won the Counterinsurgency War! SWJED Sat, 02/03/2018 - 11:30am

This essay provides the perspective of a Foreign Service Officer who was involved in Vietnam in several capacities, including Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support.

Succeeding in Afghanistan

Peter J. Munson — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:25:00 +0000

Succeeding in Afghanistan Peter J. Munson Fri, 04/26/2013 - 3:25am

If we ignore village life – or try to bend it to our view of what it should be – we will fail in Afghanistan as we did in Vietnam.

Assessing Pacification in Vietnam: We Won the Counterinsurgency War!

Peter J. Munson — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:00:50 +0000

Assessing Pacification in Vietnam: We Won the Counterinsurgency War! Peter J. Munson Fri, 03/23/2012 - 10:00am

Ambassador J.R. Bullington, once a foreign service officer serving in the CORDS program in Vietnam, argues that we won the counterinsurgency war in Vietnam. Harry Summers, where are you?