GUIDELINES FOR MEASURING SUCCESS IN COUNTERINSURGENCY

Abstract

The study represents an attempt to establish valid guidelines for measuring the progress of the war in South Vietnam as well as in similar situations of insurgency and revolutionary warfare that may arise elsewhere in the future. As far as it is known, this is the first, and it is believed a successful, attempt to spell out a series of steps by which reasoned conclusions may be drawn regarding this special kind of situation. Although the war in Vietnam has been used as the primary source of inputs for this study (and many references will be case specific to Vietnam), the level of generalization extends far beyond the borders of Vietnam. The individual evaluations necessary to apply the guidelines to a specific case will vary widely according to the cultural setting. But the guidelines themselves are generic to insurgency and revolutionary warfare and should be of considerable aid to those faced with the daily task of knowing whether we are winning or losing, and by how much.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0643236

Entities

People

  • S. N. Bjelajac

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Power
  • Army Personnel
  • Civic Action
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • North Vietnam
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Opinion
  • South Vietnam
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design