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Theory and Practice of Associative Power

CORDS in the Villages of Vietnam 1967 - 1972
  • ISBN-13: 9780761868996
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: HAMILTON BOOKS
  • By Stephen B. Young
  • Price: AUD $111.00
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  • Local release date: 14/08/2017
  • Format: Paperback 414 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Military history [HBW]
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To succeed in achieving its national security objectives the United States needs to use Associative Power in place of both Hard Power and Soft Power. Associative Power is the use of joint ventures and alliances to optimize the forms of power brought to bear in conflicts responding with precision to a spectrum of enemy threats, situational challenges, and political opportunities. Associative Power was wisely and successfully used by the United States in the Vietnam War through the CORDS program of counter insurgency and village development to defeat the Viet Cong insurgency and permit the withdrawal of American combat forces. Associative power was not used by the United States-nor was the best counter insurgency practices of CORDS-in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. As a result of this omission, interim outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan did not acceptably accomplish American objectives.
Forward: Associative Power and American National Security, John R. Allen Introductory Thoughts: Associative Power and Strategic National Intelligence Capabilities, David Durenberger Preface, Stephen B. Young Chapter One: ASSOCIATIVE POWER: Holding the Center Chapter Two: The Origins of CORDS Chapter Three: Vietnamese Nationalism Chapter Four: Getting the Right Context in Place Chapter Five: CORDS Gets Its Opportunity Chapter Six: CORDS Version 1.0 Chapter Seven: The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country: Phase 1-1969 Chapter Eight: The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country: Phase 2-1970/1971 Chapter Nine: CORDS Version 2.0-1971 Pacification and Development Plan Chapter Ten: South Vietnam Holds Off an Onslaught Chapter Eleven: A Vietnamese Village Chapter Twelve: Iraq: An Episode of Amateur (and Feckless) Colonial Pretension Chapter Thirteen: Afghanistan: A Kabul-Centric Quagmire Chapter Fourteen: Securing the American Future through Associative Power Afterword: A Personal Recollection References
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