Promotional Information

This book examines the organization, logistics, and tactics of the insurgency mounted by the Viet Minh in Indochina and the French military response.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Vietminh Military Doctrine and the War The Vietminh Military Organization Vietminh Personnel and Logistics Vietminh Operations and Tactics Vietminh Reactions to French Tactics and Air Power The Rise of the Viet Cong The Viet Cong Military American Military Participation and the Viet Cong Epilogue Selected Bibliography

About the Author

GEORGE K. TANHAM (1922-2003) graduated from Princeton, served as an artillery officer in Europe during World War II, and then earned a doctorate in history and political science at Stanford. He taught military history at the California Institute of Technology where became a tenured professor and master of student houses. Dr. Tanham spent most of his career with the RAND Corporation, serving as the corporate vice president in charge of the Washington office. He managed rural development efforts in Vietnam for the U.S. Agency for International Development, a program designed to pacify the countryside. Afterward he was special assistant for counterinsurgency at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, coordinating a campaign to defeat Chinese-inspired guerrillas in Thailand, an experience he recounted in Trial in Thailand. Among his other books are Securing India: Strategic Thought and Practice and Islam and Conflict Resolution: Theories and Practice.