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Major General David Ewing Ott, US Department of Army
Field Artillery
e-artnow, 2022. No claim to original U.S. Government Works
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
CHAPTER I The Vietnam Environment
CHAPTER II The Advisory Effort, 1950-1965
CHAPTER III In Order To Win
CHAPTER IV The Buildup (1965-1967)
CHAPTER V The Hot War (1968-October 1969)
CHAPTER VI Vietnamization, November 1969-February 1973
CHAPTER VII An Overview
Foreword
Table of Contents
The United Suites Army met an unusually complex challenge in Southeast
Asia. In conjunction with the other services, the Army fought in support of a
national policy of assisting an emerging nation to develop governmental
processes of its own choosing, free of outside coercion. In addition to the
usual problems of waging armed conflict, the assignment in Southeast Asia
required superimposing the immensely sophisticated tasks of a modern army
upon an underdeveloped environment and adapting them to demands
covering a wide spectrum. These involved helping to fulfill the basic needs of
an agrarian population, dealing with the frustrations of antiguerrilla
operations, and conducting conventional campaigns against well-trained and
determined regular units.
It is still necessary for the Army to continue to prepare for other challenges
that may lie ahead. While cognizant that history never repeats itself exactly
and that no army ever profited from trying to meet a new challenge in terms
of the old one, the Army nevertheless stands to benefit immensely from a
study of its experience, its shortcomings no less than its achievements.
Aware that some years must elapse before the official histories will provide a
detailed and objective analysis of the experience in Southeast Asia, we have
sought a forum whereby some of the more salient aspects of that experience
can be made available now. At the request of the Chief of Staff, a
representative group of senior officers who served in important posts in
Vietnam and who still carry a heavy burden of day-to-day responsibilities
have prepared a series of monographs. These studies should be of great value
in helping the Army develop future operational concepts while at the same
time contributing to the historical record and providing the American public
with an interim report on the performance of men and officers who have

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