People's War on the East Sea: Is Vietnam's Theory of War Still Applicable

Abstract

People's War Theory cannot be executed on water in a contemporary operating environment. The VPA did not efficiently operationalize people's war theory or an all-peoples defense during the Cambodian occupation nor are they in the struggle for sovereignty in the East Sea. Vietnam must move towards an integrated theory of war and a complementary operational doctrine. The next evolution in people's war theory must aggregate elements from theories that focus on joint, maritime, and amphibious elements of warfare. Vietnam will not achieve its policy aims with its current military strategy, because its theory of war does not enable strategic leverage for asymmetric potential on the East Sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 2017
Accession Number
AD1038911

Entities

People

  • Chad D. Corbin

Organizations

  • School of Advanced Military Studies

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Civil War
  • Doctrine
  • Foreign Relations
  • Insurgency
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Sociopolitics
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

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  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies