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WHY THE NORTH WON THE VIETNAM WAR This page intentionally left blank WHY THE NORTH WON THE VIETNAM WAR EDITED BY MARC JASON GILBERT palgrave * WHYTHENORTHWONTHEVIETNAMWAR ©ReserveOfficersAssociation,2002 Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinany mannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexceptinthecaseofbrief quotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesorreviews. Firstpublished2002byPALGRAVE™ 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.I00I0and Houndmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG21 6XS. Companiesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld PALGRAVEisthenewglobalpublishingimprintofSt.Martin'sPressLLC ScholarlyandReferenceDivisionandPalgravePublishersLtd(formerly MacmillanPressLtd). ISBN0-312-29526-Xhardback ISBN0-312-29527-8paperback LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData WhytheNorthwontheVietnamwarI [edited] byMarcJasonGilbert. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-312-29526-X- ISBN0-312-29527-8(pbk.) 1. VietnameseConflict, 1961-1975. 2. VietnameseConflict, 1961-1975-Vietnam(DemocraticRepublic) 1. Gilbert,MarcJason. DS557.7.H69 2002 959'.704'3-dc21 2001056135 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. DesignbyLetraLibre,Inc. Firstedition:June2002 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. Inwar) youmustwin! -SeniorGeneralVo NguyenGiap This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS AbbreviationsandAcronyms IX Acknowledgments Xl Preface XUI EarlH Tilford,Jr. Introduction MarcJason Gilbert One VictorybyOtherMeans:The Foreign Policy ofthe Democratic Republic ofVietnam 47 WilliamJ Duiker Two FightingwithoutAllies:The International Dimensions ofAmerica's DefeatinVietnam 77 George C. Herring Three Whythe SouthWon theAmericanWar inVietnam 97 RobertK Brigham Four HowAmerica's Own MilitaryPerformance inVietnamAidedandAbetted the "North's"Victory 117 Jeffrey Record Five Impatience, Illusion, andAsymmetry: Intelligence inVietnam 137 John Prados Six The CostofLosingthe "OtherWar" inVietnam 153 MarcJason Gilbert Seven The Role ofEconomic Culture in Victoryand Defeat inVietnam 201 AndrewJ Rotter Eight "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh Is GonnaWin!" 219 Marilyn Young Nine Hall ofMirrors 233 LloydGardner AbouttheAuthors 241 Index 245 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ARVN Armyofthe Republic ofVietnam ASD/ISA AssistantSecretaryofDefense for International Security Affairs CAP CombinedAction Platoon CCP Chinese CommunistParty CIA Central IntelligenceAgency CICV Combined Intelligence CenterVietnam CINPAC Commanderin Chief: Pacific CIO Central Intelligence Organization CORDS CivilOperationsandRevolutionaryDevelopmentSupport COSVN Central Officefor SouthVietnam (Hanoi's field com mand in SouthVietnam) DIA Defense IntelligenceAgency DMZ DemilitarizedZone DRV(DRVN) The Democratic RepublicofVietnam GVN The Government ofVietnam HES HamletEvaluation Surveys ICP Indochinese Communist Party IVS InternationalVoluntaryServices JCS Joint Chiefs ofStaff MAAG MilitaryAssistance andAdvisoryGroup MACV MilitaryAssistance Command, Vietnam NATO NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization NCRC National Council ofReconciliation and Concord NLF (NLFSV) National Liberation Front (ofSouthVietnam) NSA National SecurityAgency NVA NorthVietnameseArmy (same as PAVN) PAVN People'sArmyofVietnam PLA People's LiberationArmy PLAF People's LiberationArmed Forces PRG Provisional RevolutionaryGovernment
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