TABLE OF CONTENTS
| LIST OF ACRONYMS | ix | ||
| PART ONE: OTHER PACIFICATION EXPERIENCES | 1 | ||
| COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE AND THE PHILIPPINE AND MALAYAN EXPERIENCES | 3 | ||
| A. | INTRODUCTION | 3 | |
| B. | LANSDALE ON THE PHILIPPINES | 3 | |
| C. | THOMPSON ON MALAYA | 5 | |
| I. | THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE | 9 | |
| A. | BEGINNINGS | 10 | |
| B. | PEOPLE'S WAR | 13 | |
| C. | LINCOLNIAN YARDSTICK | 22 | |
| II. | THE MALAYAN EXPERIENCE. | 31 | |
| A. | HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 31 | |
| B. | THE ENEMY AND THE COURSE OF THE INSURGENCY | 36 | |
| C. | FACTORS AFFECTING THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE | 40 | |
| D. | COMMAND AND MANAGEMENT | 47 | |
| E. | ISOLATING THE GUERRILLA | 51 | |
| F. | POLICE, INTELLIGENCE, AND PSYWAR | 56 | |
| G. | MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY | 59 | |
| H. | COMPARISONS WITH SOUTH VIETNAM | 61 | |
| PART TWO: EVOLUTION OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM | 65 | ||
| I. | PACIFICATION LESSONS LEARNED BY THE FRENCH IN INDOCHINA, 1945-1954 | 67 | |
| A. | ENVIRONMENT | 67 | |
| B. | MAJOR MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS | 76 | |
| C. | PACIFICATION IN THE SOUTH | 81 | |
| D. | PACIFICATION IN THE NORTH | 89 | |
| E. | INCUBATION OF LESSONS LEARNED | 95 | |
| F. | ASSESSMENT | 108 | |
| II. | EARLY VIETNAMESE PACIFICATION EFFORTS, 1954-1961 | 115 | |
| A. | INTRODUCTION | 115 | |
| B. | DIEM'S EARLY PACIFICATION EFFORTS | 120 | |
| C. | THE AGROVILLE PROGRAM | 126 | |
| D. | IMPLEMENTATION | 140 | |
| E. | EARLY SECURITY-RELATED EFFORTS | 145 | |
| F. | VC REACTION TO AGROVILLES | 151 | |
| G. | CONCLUSION | 154 | |
| III. | STRATEGIC HAMLET PROGRAM, 1961-1963 | 159 | |
| A. | BACKGROUND | 159 | |
| B. | STRATEGIC HAMLET CONCEPT | 163 | |
| C. | ORGANIZATION | 167 | |
| D. | IMPLEMENTATION | 176 | |
| E. | ENEMY RESPONSE | 188 | |
| F. | PROGRESS OF PROGRAM | 192 | |
| IV. | CHIEN THANG-HOP TAC PACIFICATION PLANS, 1964-1965 | 199 | |
| A. | ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS | 199 | |
| B. | THE CHIEN THANG PLAN | 204 | |
| C. | ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION | 217 | |
| D. | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHIEN THANG-HOP TAC PLANS | 224 | |
| E. | CONCLUSION | 234 | |
| V. | 1966 AND 1967 PACIFICATION PLANS | 237 | |
| A. | ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS | 237 | |
| B. | PACIFICATION, 1966 | 242 | |
| C. | PACIFICATION, 1967 | 258 | |
| VI. | PACIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT, 1968-1969 | 269 | |
| A. | PACIFICATION ENVIRONMENT | 269 | |
| B. | POST-TET PACIFICATION EFFORTS | 280 | |
| C. | THE ACCELERATED PACIFICATION CAMPAIGN | 284 | |
| D. | 1969 PACIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN | 290 | |
| VII. | COMMUNITY DEFENSE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT 1970-1971 | 301 | |
| A. | ENVIRONMENT | 301 | |
| B. | 1970 PACIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN | 304 | |
| C. | EIGHT MAIN OBJECTIVES | 306 | |
| D. | SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS | 317 | |
| E. | HAMLET EVALUATION SYSTEM, 1970 | 322 | |
| F. | 1971 COMMUNITY DEFENSE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN | 325 | |
| MAP OF SOUTH VIETNAM ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS | 332 | ||
| ANNEX: LIST OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED AND CONSULTED | 333 | ||