TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Letter of Promulgation | i | |
| Title Page [page missing] | v | |
| Preface | ix | |
| Table of Contents | xi | |
| Chapter | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTION | I-1 |
| II. | THE STRATEGY AND THE GOALS | |
| US Policy and Objectives | II-1 | |
| US Strategy for RVN | II-2 | |
| Guidance for Planning | II-4 | |
| CINCPAC Strategy | II-8 | |
| Combined US /RVN Strategy | II-8 | |
| Operational Guidance | II-13 | |
| MACJ5 Activities | II-22 | |
| Politics - Internal | II-27 | |
| Organizations of Political Significance in-RVN | II-31 | |
| Politics - External | II-38 | |
| III. | THE ENEMY | |
| Introduction | III-1 | |
| The Role of North Vietnam | III-1 | |
| NVN Infiltration and Related Activity | III-41 | |
| The Vietnamese Communist Infrastructure | III-63 | |
| Enemy Support Operations | III-107 | |
| Enemy Operations in RVN | III-116 | |
| IV. | US AND FREE WORLD FORCES | |
| Command and Control | IV-1 | |
| US Forces | IV-8 | |
| Other Free World Military Assistance Forces | IV-28 | |
| Civilian Irregular Defense Group | IV-47 | |
| V. | MILITARY OPERATIONS | |
| Background | V-1 | |
| Ground Operations | V-3 | |
| Naval Operations | V-116 | |
| Air Operations | V-191 | |