The Laos Campaign of 1971

Abstract

In 1966, General Cao Van Vien, a leading strategist of the Vietnamese Army was the leading advocate to sever ties with the communist infrastructure and guerrillas of North Vietnam. He proposed to invade North Vietnam during a testimony before members of the National Leadership Committee. General Vi en stated this operation would not be successful unless South Vietnam had the support and participation of the United States and other free World Military Assistance Forces. General Vien also believed his proposed idea to invade North Vietnam would eventually serve as "a leverage for bargaining in truce negotiations" (Duy Hinh) if the invasion and occupation were successful.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2005
Accession Number
AD1121508

Entities

People

  • Calandria Hypolite
  • Michael Hadley
  • Michael Lawson
  • Victor Oates
  • Willie Pullom

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Artillery
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fire Support
  • Governments
  • Guns
  • Helicopters
  • Indirect Fire
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • North Vietnam
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • South Vietnam
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Vietnam War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.