Fighting Communism & Violent Extremism:
Articles and Retrospective.
Communist War of Aggression in Vietnam and Southeast Asia: 1945-1975
Strategic Hamlet Program, VIETNAM: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v03/d197
Strategic Hamlet Program VIETNAM: https://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Vietnam/sub5_9b/entry-3357.html
CORDS -Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) program: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/civil-operations.html
US Military Review: CORDS / Phoenix, Counterinsurgency Sessions from Vietnam for the Future:
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/COIN-Reader-1/Andrade-Willbanks-MA-2006/
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/COIN-Reader-1/Andrade-Willbanks-MA-2006/
CIDG - Civilian Irregular Defence Group, SOUTH VIEATNAM: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v03/d136
Phoenix Program, Rand Corporation as commissioned by the United States Department of State: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP258.pdf
Afghanistan - Violent Extremism: 2001-2021
Fighting the Last War: Afghanistan and the Vietnam Template: https://www.army.mil/article/31117/refighting_the_last_war_afghanistan_and_the_vietnam_template
VSO -Village Stability Operations, AFGHANISTAN: https://sof.news/afghanistan/village-stability-operations-vso/
Village Stability Operations: An Historical Perspective from Vietnam to Afghanistan: https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/village-stability-operations-an-historical-perspective-from-vietnam-to-afghanistan
Further Reading
Fighting Communist Aggression | Vietnam
Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam
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US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam: Military Innovation and Institutional Failure, 1961-63 (Strategy and History)
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Bureaucracy At War: U.s. Performance In The Vietnam Conflict 1st Edition
by Robert W. Komer
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The Theory and Practice of Associative Power: CORDS in the Villages of Vietnam 1967–1972
by Stephen B. Young
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Vietnam: December 1969, Progress of Pacification & Prospects of Vietnamisation, Report
by James G. Lowenstein, Richard M. Moose
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Fighting Violent Extremism | Afghanistan
LTC Scott Mann (RET)
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Scott Mann Short Biography: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20230308/115427/HHRG-118-FA00-Bio-MannD-20230308.pdf
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Game Changers:
Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists
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* The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam
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Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11
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The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom
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* American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant
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One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare
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* The Starfish and the Spirit: Unleashing the Leadership Potential of Churches and Organizations
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In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan
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Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan
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* 27 Article | T.E.
Lawrence
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Going Big by Getting Small: The Application of Operational Art by Special Operations in Phase Zero
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Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Strategic Communication to Combat Violent Extremism (Frontiers in Political Communication)
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Narrative Landmines: Rumors, Islamist Extremism, and the Struggle for Strategic Influence (New Directions in International Studies)
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Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces
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