Political Motivation of the Viet Cong: The Vietminh Regroupees

Abstract

An analysis of the social and political forces fundamental in shaping the political attitudes of those South Vietnamese who, as members of the Vietminh Resistance Movement, fought against the French and are now fighting as one of the groups that make up the Viet Cong. The approximately 30,000 regroupees chosen for infiltration of South Vietnam provide military leadership and fill key political positions within the Viet Cong. They consider themselves primarily as Vietnamese patriots, and this was as a continuation of the struggle to free Vietnam from foreign domination, a struggle in which the American has replaced the French. Their Communist indoctrination, though focusing on nationalism, asserts that the revolution will abolish the exploiting classes and thus achieve economic equality and social justice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0672745

Entities

People

  • J. J. Zasloff

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Sociopolitics
  • Students
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.