Destroy and build : pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966-1972 / Thomas Richardson. Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966-1972

Collection type	Library
Author	Richardson, Thomas, author.;
Call Number	959.70437 R525d
Document type	Monograph
Year	2017. 2017. 017.
Pagination	xvii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press,
Note	Thomas Richardson is affiliated with University of New South Wales, Sydney. Record machine-generated from publisher information. Includes bibliographical references and index. "In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacification' employed by the Republic of Vietnam and external Free World allies such as the US and Australia. In the hopes of stemming the tide of Communism, pacification aimed to win the allegiance of the populace through political, economic and social reform. In this new work, Thomas Richardson explores the 1st Aust ralian Task Force's (1ATF) implementation of this policy in Phuoc Tuy between 1966 and 1972. Using material from US and Australian archives, as well as newly translated Vietnamese histories, Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Tuy, 1966-1972 challeng es the accepted historiography of the Western forces' fight against insurgency in Vietnam."--
Place made	Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge, Unit

Abstract

Pacification: an introduction -- Phuoc Tuy, 1966 -- Preparing the battlefield: January 1966-December 1967 -- Tet, 1968: January-October 1968 -- ''This month''s fairy story'': November 1968-August 1969 -- Déjà vu, all over again: September 1969-November 1970 -- ''The wolves are circling'': November 1970 - November 1971 -- ''Bereft of their Australian strongmen'': November 1971-January 1973.