Promotional Information

Dissects the various attempts to eradicate the Viet Cong infrastructure and analyzes the effectiveness of each

Promotional Information

Dissects the various attempts to eradicate the Viet Cong infrastructure and analyzes the effectiveness of each

Table of Contents

Preface to the Bison Books EditionForeword, by Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr., USA (Ret.)PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART ONE ORIGINS1 Vietnam at War: Before Phoenix2 The Shadow Government and the Viet Cong3 The Shadow Government and the People4 The War against the Shadow Government: Before Phoenix5 The New Attack on the Shadow GovernmentPART TWO INTELLIGENCE6 Targets7 Informants and Agents8 Prisoners: Interrogation, Torture, and Execution9 Ralliers, Documents, and Photographs10 MisinformationPART THREE COORDINATION11 The Challenge: Phoenix Centers12 Attempts to Make Phoenix and Phung Hoang Work13 Other Intelligence and Operations CoordinationPART FOUR OPERATIONS14 The Nature of Operations15 The Birds of Prey16 The South Vietnamese17 The Americans18 Neutralization of Non-Communist Civilians19 AssassinationsPART FIVE DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT20 Neutralization Statistics21 Actual Viet Cong Cadre Losses22 Additional Setbacks for the Shadow Government23 The Shadow Government in DeclinePART SIX VILLAGER ATTITUDES24 Abuse of the Population25 Changing Attitudes26 The Impact of the New AttitudesPART SEVEN POSTLUDE27 Theories of Revolutionary Warfare28 Reflections29 Lessons LearnedGlossaryNotes Selected BibliographyIndex

About the Author

Mark Moyar is an associate professor at the U.S. Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, and the author of Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965. Harry G. Summers Jr. (1932–99) served in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War and was an instructor and distinguished fellow at the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College.

Reviews

"A groundbreaking piece of revisionist history on the war." Senator James Webb, Wall Street Journal "Phoenix and the Birds of Prey is the definitive work on the Phoenix program to date, and will remain so for a long time." Periscope "[Moyar] succeeds admirably. His work could be a textbook for the do's and don'ts of counterinsurgency warfare." William Nester, Asian Thought and Society