Hudson Institute 1968
426 str., wys. 20 cm
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Contents

Acknowledgments v
A Special Prefatory Note VII
HERMAN KAHN
Introduction 3
HERMAN KAHN

Part I: Background, Issues, and Alternatives
1. On Establishing a Context for Debate 19
HERMAN KAHN
2. Political and Social Aspects of the Vietnamese Conflict 64
RAYMOND D. GASTIL
3. Guerrilla Warfare and Vietnam: A Perspective 92
FRANK E. ARMBRUSTER
4. The Political Issues: Facts and Fantasies 129
EDMUND STILLMAN
5. A Critic's Proposals for Settlement in Vietnam 165
WILLIAM PFAFF
6. On the Possibilities for Victory or Defeat 178
HERMAN KAHN

Part II: Strategy, Tactics, and Programs 7. A Military and Police Security Program for South Vietnam 227
FRANK E. ARMBRUSTER

8. Force Deployment and Control for a National Defense
System 273
RAYMOND D. GASTIL

9. Toward a Program for Victory 304
HERMAN KAHN

Part III: Summing Up: Prospects and Choices
10. The Issues Are Joined, A Roundtablc Discussion 347

Appendixes
A. The Commune Concept and the Hamlet-Village Distinction
in South Vietnam 377
RAYMOND D. GASTIL
B. A Heuristic War Plan for the Delta and Binh Dinh Province 386
FRANK E. ARMBRUSTER
C. A National Defense System with a Defensible Front 394
RAYMOND D. GASTIL
D. Applications of the National Defense System 411
RAYMOND D. GASTIL

List of Abbreviations 419
Index 421
About the Authors 425

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