Title Phoenix and the birds of prey : counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Vietnam / Mark Moyar ; foreword by Harry G. Summers Jr. ; with a new preface and chapter by the author

Published Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 448 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents Foreword / Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr., USA (Ret.) -- Part 1. Origins -- 1. Vietnam at War: Before Phoenix -- 2. The Shadow Government and the Viet Cong -- 3. The Shadow Government and the People -- 4. The War against the Shadow Government: Before Phoenix -- 5. The New Attack on the Shadow Government -- Part 2. Intelligence -- 6. Targets -- 7. Informants and Agents -- 8. Prisoners: Interrogation, Torture, and Execution -- 9. Ralliers, Documents, and Photographs -- 10. Misinformation -- Part 3. Coordination -- 11. The Challenge: Phoenix Centers -- 12. Attempts to Make Phoenix and Phung Hoang Work -- 13. Other Intelligence and Operations Coordination -- Part 4. Operations -- 14. The Nature of Operations -- 15. The Birds of Prey -- 16. The South Vietnamese -- 17. The Americans -- 18. Neutralization of Non-Communist Civilians -- 19. Assassinations -- Part 5. Damage Inflicted on the Shadow Government -- 20. Neutralization Statistics -- 21. Actual Viet Cong Cadre Losses -- 22. Additional Setbacks for the Shadow Government -- 23. The Shadow Government in Decline -- Part 6. Villager Attitudes -- 24. Abuse of the Population -- 25. Changing Attitudes -- 26. The Impact of the New Attitudes -- Part 7. Postlude -- 27. Theories of Revolutionary Warfare -- 28. Reflections -- 29. Lessons Learned Notes Previously published: Phoenix and the birds of prey : the CIA's secret campaign to destroy the Viet Cong. Annapolis, Md : Naval Institute Press, ©1997 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-438) and index Notes Print version record Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam. SUBJECT Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam fast United States. Central Intelligence Agency fast Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Underground movements Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam Counterinsurgency War -- Underground movements Vietnam Form Electronic book ISBN 9781496203892 1496203895

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