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Communist Revolutionary Warfare

From the Vietminh to the Viet Cong

By: George K. Tanham

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Communist Revolutionary Warfare

From the Vietminh to the Viet Cong

By: George K. Tanham

This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era was among the first major published analyses by an American expert on the insurgency in Indochina. In addition to tracing the Chinese influence on the Vietminh cadres and the French military response, the book describes the organization, logistics, and tactics of the communist movement. The author, George Tanham, managed the U.S. rural development program in South Vietnam and later served as special assistant for counterinsurgency at the U.S. Embassy in Thailand during the mid-1960s. With a new foreword by Richard A. Shultz Jr.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313389942

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9780313389948

Islam and Conflict Resolution

Theories and Practices

By: Ralph H. Salmi,Cesar Adib Majul,George Kilpatrick Tanham

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Islam and Conflict Resolution

Theories and Practices

By: Ralph H. Salmi,Cesar Adib Majul,George Kilpatrick Tanham

Islam and Conflict Resolution investigates and analyzes those aspects of Islam that deal with international law and peaceful resolution of conflict in an attempt to bridge the gap between the Western and Islamic worlds. The authors seek to expose the common ground that exists between the beliefs of Islam and those of the Judeo-Christian religions that influence action in the modern world. Most importantly, they seek to clarify the Muslim belief that conflict is not permanent or unavoidable, pointing out that Islam offers many recommendations for reducing conflict at various levels of personal and interstate relations. The book encourages an intellectual effort on both sides for education that will lead to a definite understanding of each other's world so as to lead to fair treatment in policymaking and journalism as well as an end to hostility between the Muslim and Judeo-Christian worlds.

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236

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University Press of America

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076181096X

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9780761810964

Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior

Growing Power and Alarm

By: George J. Gilboy,Eric Heginbotham

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Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior

Growing Power and Alarm

By: George J. Gilboy,Eric Heginbotham

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377

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Cambridge University Press

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1107020050

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9781107020054

Not War, Not Peace?

Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism

By: George Perkovich,Toby Dalton

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Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism

By: George Perkovich,Toby Dalton

The Mumbai blasts of 1993, the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, Mumbai 26/11—cross-border terrorism has continued unabated. What can India do to motivate Pakistan to do more to prevent such attacks? In the nuclear times that we live in, where a military counter-attack could escalate to destruction beyond imagination, overt warfare is clearly not an option. But since outright peace-making seems similarly infeasible, what combination of coercive pressure and bargaining could lead to peace? The authors provide, for the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the violent and non-violent options available to India for compelling Pakistan to take concrete steps towards curbing terrorism originating in its homeland. They draw on extensive interviews with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, in service and retired, to explore the challenges involved in compellence and to show how non-violent coercion combined with clarity on the economic, social and reputational costs of terrorism can better motivate Pakistan to pacify groups involved in cross-border terrorism. Not War, Not Peace? goes beyond the much discussed theories of nuclear deterrence and counterterrorism strategy to explore a new approach to resolving old conflicts.

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349

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Oxford University Press

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0199089701

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9780199089703

Indian Defence Review Apr-June 1992 (Vol 7.2)

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim,Lt Gen VK Sood,George Tanham,Air Marshal Vir Narain,Col Ashoka Puri,Pravin Sawhney,Sudhir K Arora,Admiral JG Nadkarni,Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber

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Indian Defence Review Apr-June 1992 (Vol 7.2)

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim,Lt Gen VK Sood,George Tanham,Air Marshal Vir Narain,Col Ashoka Puri,Pravin Sawhney,Sudhir K Arora,Admiral JG Nadkarni,Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber

IN THIS VOLUME • Commonsense Approach to Indo-US Relations • Developing Indo-US Defence Cooperation Interview with the VCOAS — Lt Gen VK Sood COMMENTS AND REACTIONS • Lt Gen IS GILL, PVSM, AVSM, MC (Retd) • Lt Gen Dr ML CHIBBER, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) • Maj Gen E D’SOUZA, AVSM (Retd) • Air Marshal VIR NARAIN, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) • The Emerging US Presidential Doctrine 1993: ‘Punitive Amerika’— Shankar Bhaduri • Indian Strategic Culture — George Tanham • Through a Minefield on Tiptoes: Defence Implications of the Evolving Indian Foreign Policy — Sudhlr K Arora • India Pakistan Reconciliation: Its Impact on International Security — Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber • An Overview of India-China Relations: From When to Where? — Surjit Mansingh • Punjab – A State under Siege — Brig HS Sodhi • Plugging the Dyke: Operation RAKSHAK in Punjab — Maj Pravin Sawhney • Private Sector Ordnance Production — Col Ashoka Purl • Air Borne Forces - Part Ill The Current Requirements — Maj Gen Afsir Karim • The Artillery Division - Part II — Shankar Bhaduri VIEWPOINT • Selection is the Name of the Game - COAS 2005 • High Himalaya: The Bayonet End REVIEWS and CRITIQUES • War in High Himalaya: The Indian Army in Crisis, 1962 Reviewed by Lt Gen IS Giu • IPKF in Sri Lanka Reviewed by Admiral JG Nadkarni

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Lancer Publishers

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8170621674

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9788170621676

Communist Revolutionary Warfare

From the Vietminh to the Viet Cong

By: George K. Tanham

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From the Vietminh to the Viet Cong

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Communist Revolutionary Warfare

The Vietminh In Indochina

By: George K. Tanham

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Communist Revolutionary Warfare

The Vietminh In Indochina

By: George K. Tanham

Even today few Americans understand the strategy, doctrine, and tactics of communist guerrilla warfare. Back in the early 1950s, the Rand Corporation conducted com· puter·simulated war games focused on Southeast Asia. The French agony in Indochina had attracted the attention of a few Rand researchers who had begun to wonder whether other wars might occur in this area and how the United States might fight if it became involved. The Rand scenarios ranged from atomic war to guerrilla conflict. WhUe a professor at the California Institute of Technology, I was asked to comment on some of these games. One thing struck me almost immediately-the communist enemy, or red forces, behaved and fought exactly like the Americans, or blue forces. From my limited knowledge of the French Indochina war, I did not think this was the case. The director of the war games, the late Dr. Edwin Paxson, agreed with my comment, but plaintively asked, "How do they behave and fight?" I offered to write a handbook for the red side, based on the Viet Minh operations against the French in Indochina. After research in Paris with the French army and air force, I duly completed my handbook in 1958, but by then it was of interest to no one. However, when John F. Kennedy became president, he stirred up great interest in Indochina and guerrilla warfare. My red team handbook, gathering dust, was quickly revised and declassified. It was published in 1961 as the first edition of this book.

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