Mobilization for the Vietnam War: A Political and Military Catastrophe

Abstract

This article briefly reviews the reliance on the citizen-soldier in major American wars, then examines the extent to which the President and his civilian and military advisers considered mobilization during the first three years of the Vietnam ground war and the rationale behind nonmobilization during that period. We then focus on the 1968 call-up of Army National Guard and US Army Reserve forces for the Vietnam War and the characteristics and problems of that partial mobilization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA521559

Entities

People

  • John D. Stuckey
  • Joseph H. Pistorius

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Army Personnel
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Militia
  • Mobilization
  • National Guard
  • Operational Readiness
  • South Vietnam
  • United States
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.