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War in the Villages The U.S. Marine Combined Action Platoons in the Vietnam War / Ted N. Easterling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Easterling, Ted N., 1946- author.
- Series:
- American military studies series ; No. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Marine Corps. Combined Action Program.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- United States. Marine Corps--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps. Combined Action Program--History.
- Underground movements, War.
- Counterinsurgency.
- Combined operations (Military science).
- Combined operations (Military science)--History--20th century.
- Counterinsurgency--Vietnam--History--20th century.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Underground movements.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Book describes and analyzes the Combined Action Platoons used by the U.S. Marine Corps from about 1965 to 1970 in the Vietnam War. These platoons contained U.S. Marines and Vietnamese popular forces and were embedded in smaller villages in South Vietnam in an effort to pacify the citizens and prevent the North Vietnamese from infiltrating the villages. Book analyzes their effectiveness as counterinsurgency forces"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Crisis and Response
- An Enclave Strategy and Joint Action Platoons in I Corps
- The Early CAPs, Problems, and a Continuing Fight Over Strategy
- Evaluation of Early CAP Performance
- Combined Action Platoon Pacification and the Phong Bac Experiment
- The Combined Action Platoons Become a Separate Command
- CAP Performance as a Counterinsurgency Concept
- TET and a Changing Role for the Combined Action Platoons
- An Evaluation of the CAP Program
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781574418262
- 1574418262
- OCLC:
- 1244532377
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