| Series |
American military studies series
American military studies ; no. 5. ^A1287447
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| 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. |
| Abstract |
"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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020051339 |
| ISBN | 9781574418262 |
| ISBN | 1574418262 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
