US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam by Christopher K. Ives

Author:Christopher K. Ives [Ives, Christopher K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, General, Vietnam War, United States, 20th Century
ISBN: 9781134145843
Google: YsB9AgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-01-24T15:52:38+00:00

President Diem’s enthusiasm for Thompson’s recommendations provoked some American grumbling in Saigon. In a January 1962 memorandum to General Taylor, Thompson stressed the congruence between his proposals and the American plans. ‘‘The basic principle in this campaign,’’ Thompson wrote, ‘‘ must be to control, protect and win the population in the rural areas. In order to do this, it is essential to establish a solid security framework which will protect the population.’’ Such a program would take patience and time.68

There was enough of an appreciation of the potential lessons from the British experiences in Malaya, that the Institute for Military Assistance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, had reviewed and published a British manual, The Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya, in 1958. In the tradition of the USMC Small Wars Manual published just before World War Two, the British manual was a compendium of military tactics and techniques (not unlike McGarr’s writing on the subject).69 Australian and other Commonwealth observers visited South Vietnam. The British Advisory Mission made training seats available in their military schools of application in Malaya.

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