This is a study on industry and commerce in French Indo-China. Industry subjects include legal regulations, effects of the war on industry, and items like textiles, alcohol, and chemicals. Commerce includes domestic and foreign trade (balance of...
Evolving operations in the twenty-first century suggest a continued value for historical study of previous counterinsurgency operations. Study of such operations tends towards a degree of research into operational theory of security forces against...
This is a study on the geographical and social background in French Indo-China. Subjects include information about the land (boundaries and frontier disputes, and territorial divisions), and the people (population statistics and cultural...
This is a study on natural resources in French Indo-China. Subjects include information on mining, forestry, fisheries and game, and water and water power.
This study examines the generalship of the French Commander-in-Chief in Indochina, General Henri E. Navarre, during the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. This thesis employs a model of generalship from the United States Army doctrinal publication,...
From 1871 to 1897, France progressively expanded her colonization over Tonkin, in the North of Vietnam, also called Indochine. Three attempts were necessary to completely gain control, then pacify this territory. Navy and Army officers played a...
This is a study on the transportation systems and communications in French Indo-China. Topics include railways, motor transport, street railways, internal waterways and canals, commercial air transport, shipping, telephone/telegraph/cable, postal...
The performance of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) at the Battle of Ap Bac, January 2, 1963, established a narrative that the South Vietnamese were unwilling to fight or lacked aggressiveness. At the time of the Battle of Ap Bac, the...
The United States has a long history in the development of foreign militaries. Over the past eight years, the United States spent an insurmountable amount of time and resources developing the Iraq and Afghanistan Armies. Yet, in 2003, political...
During an 8-month period ending in December 1975, over 140,000 refugees were processed under the Indochina Refugee Program. These people were evacuated from Cambodia and South Vietnam, temporarily cared for at Department of Defense refugee camps in...
The 2010 U.S. National Security Strategy emphasized that the U.S. would use security sector assistance to build the capacity of at-risk nations and reduce the appeal of violent extremism and assist in resolving the world's armed conflicts. The 2010...
This monograph examines the effectiveness of the combined French and American Training Relations and Instruction Mission. The United States' fears regarding the spread of communism during the 1950s appeared justified in Vietnam following the French...
Bailey, Jose; Callaghan, Jerry; Fowler, Gary; Krouser, Emma; Whitcomb, Keith
Thesis Statement. General Navarre's Bad Plan Led to France's Defeat at Dien Bien Phu.
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Discussion. On 20 November 1953, Navarre, against the advice ofhis commanders, launched Operation Castor. The largest airborne operation French forces in...
The small wars fought by the French in Algeria and the United States in Vietnam provide lessons for the United States military to use today. Although neither France nor the United States met their strategic objectives, their command and control...
Many aspects of counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in today’s contemporary operating environment suggest that historical review of previous COIN experiences can provide critical insight. Such reviews tend to fail to be incorporated into doctrine...
This thesis provides a comparative policy-process perspective of Vietnam intervention. It is comparative in the sense that the Eisenhower administration's policy process in the 1954 Indochina crisis is used as a basis to compare the Johnson...
The history of our profession is goes back through many thousands of years, through thousands of wars, conflicts, and battles. The lessons from antiquity through the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are available to anyone who cares to read...
The US is currently involved in a counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq, and similar to the counterinsurgency campaign conducted almost thirty years ago in Vietnam, riverine warfare is an important part. Current riverine forces include the Navy’s...
Operations and Readiness Directorate Office; Anderson, Gerald O.; Silano, Robert A.
This Department of the Army after action report deals with the U.S. Army involvement in and support of the Indochinese refugee program. Covering the period from 1 April 1975 to 1 June 1976, it focuses on the role of the Army Staff in crisis...