US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam : Military Innovation and Institutional Failure, 1961-63

ISBN-13: 9780415654722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Christopher K. Ives

Opis

Ives examines the work of the US Green Berets in the early part of the Vietnam conflict. The book will appeal to students of Vietnam war, US strategy, special forces, small wars and strategic studies in general, as well as professional military colleges.

Spis treści

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 

O autorze

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.