Viet Cong Recruitment: Why and How Men Join

Abstract

Contents: Principles and methods of recruitment; Nationalism and antiimperialism as motivating forces -- comparisons with the Viet Minh; Patriotism reinforced by self-interest; Dissatisfaction with local authority; Adventurousness; Reactions to GVN/U.S. attacks on villages; Evasion of the GVN draft; Reengaging the former Viet Minh; Appeals to former government officials; Proselyting among the GVN military forces; The large propaganda and recruitment meeting; The individual approach; Gradual involvement; The use of ruses; Women as a factor in recruitment; Forcible recruitment and conscription; and Conclusions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
ADA032187

Entities

People

  • John C. Donnell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Areas
  • Crime
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Personnel Management
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Recreation
  • Reliability
  • Societies
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Strategic Security Studies