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Phoenix and the birds of prey : counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Vietnam
- Title
- Phoenix and the birds of prey : counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Vietnam / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Harry G. Summers Jr. ; with a new preface and chapter by the author.
- Author
- Moyar, Mark, 1971-
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007], ©2007.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 448 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Note
- Previously published: Phoenix and the birds of prey : the CIA's secret campaign to destroy the Viet Cong. Annapolis, Md : Naval Institute Press, c1997.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-438) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr., USA (Ret.) -- Part 1. Origins -- 1. Vietnam at War: Before Phoenix -- 2. The Shadow Government and the Viet Cong -- 3. The Shadow Government and the People -- 4. The War against the Shadow Government: Before Phoenix -- 5. The New Attack on the Shadow Government -- Part 2. Intelligence -- 6. Targets -- 7. Informants and Agents -- 8. Prisoners: Interrogation, Torture, and Execution -- 9. Ralliers, Documents, and Photographs -- 10. Misinformation -- Part 3. Coordination -- 11. The Challenge: Phoenix Centers -- 12. Attempts to Make Phoenix and Phung Hoang Work -- 13. Other Intelligence and Operations Coordination -- Part 4. Operations -- 14. The Nature of Operations -- 15. The Birds of Prey -- 16. The South Vietnamese -- 17. The Americans -- 18. Neutralization of Non-Communist Civilians -- 19. Assassinations -- Part 5. Damage Inflicted on the Shadow Government -- 20. Neutralization Statistics -- 21. Actual Viet Cong Cadre Losses -- 22. Additional Setbacks for the Shadow Government -- 23. The Shadow Government in Decline -- Part 6. Villager Attitudes -- 24. Abuse of the Population -- 25. Changing Attitudes -- 26. The Impact of the New Attitudes -- Part 7. Postlude -- 27. Theories of Revolutionary Warfare -- 28. Reflections -- 29. Lessons Learned.
- ISBN
- 9780803216020 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0803216025 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007027960
- 99818573021
- OCLC
- 156751182
- ocn156751182
- SCSB-5379299
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries