Overview
In his analysis of insurgency war, Donald Hamilton first attempts to provide insight into a strategic concept he believes is little understood today, and to explain its complicated relationship to American policy failures in Southeast Asia during the post-1945 era of containment. The study develops a working model of insurgency, explaining it as both a unique method and type of war-making. Significant findings include the inability of policymakers to perceive a potential insurgency in Vietnam as early as 1946, subsequent American involvement in not one, but three Asian insurgencies during the 1950s, and the ultimate failure of the U.S. military to meet the insurgency challenge in South Vietnam. This inability to eliminate the insurgency led not only to the complete breakdown of the South Vietnamese government, but was the primary reason why further U.S. military action after 1965 would prove ineffectual. This historical narrative also follows the involvement of several key players, including the personalities of Edward Lansdale, Sir Robert Thompson, Archimedes Patti, and Vo Nguyen Giap, who through their life experiences and writings, provide a keen profundity into why insurgencies occur, why they fail, and why they succeed.
Full Product Details
Author: Donald W. Hamilton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9780275957346
ISBN 10: 0275957349
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 26 January 1998
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
""In noteworthy fashion, Hamilton discusses insurgency as a ""method"" and as a ""type"" of warfare. His analysis is clearly superior to anything yet written. I have been studying the Viet Nam conflict for 22 years. Without any reservations, I believe this to be the best book I have yet seen on this subject, and I have read most of them.""-from the Foreword by Cecil B. Currey, University of South Florida and award-winning author of Victory at Any Cost ?A well-researched look into why insurgencies occur, why they sometimes fail, and why more often seem to succeed.?-Sea Power ""A well-researched look into why insurgencies occur, why they sometimes fail, and why more often seem to succeed.""-Sea Power
"""In noteworthy fashion, Hamilton discusses insurgency as a ""method"" and as a ""type"" of warfare. His analysis is clearly superior to anything yet written. I have been studying the Viet Nam conflict for 22 years. Without any reservations, I believe this to be the best book I have yet seen on this subject, and I have read most of them.""-from the Foreword by Cecil B. Currey, University of South Florida and award-winning author of Victory at Any Cost ?A well-researched look into why insurgencies occur, why they sometimes fail, and why more often seem to succeed.?-Sea Power ""A well-researched look into why insurgencies occur, why they sometimes fail, and why more often seem to succeed.""-Sea Power"
In noteworthy fashion, Hamilton discusses insurgency as a method and as a type of warfare. His analysis is clearly superior to anything yet written. I have been studying the Viet Nam conflict for 22 years. Without any reservations, I believe this to be the best book I have yet seen on this subject, and I have read most of them. -from the Foreword by Cecil B. Currey, University of South Florida and award-winning author of Victory at Any Cost
Author Information
DONALD W. HAMILTON is Professor of History at Mesa College and serves as a reserve officer in the U.S. military.
