People's War People's Army: The Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped Countries

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD By ROGER HILSMAN Why Read This Book? Who Is General Giap? Why So Much Concern About Guerrilla Warfare? Why Is Giap’s Challenge Important? What Is Important About Giap’s Military Doctrine? What We Can Do Toward a Realistic Strategy for the Villages? VO NGUYEN GIAP-MAN AND MYTH By BERNARD B. FALL PEOPLE’S WAR PEOPLE’S ARMY PUBLISHER’S NOTE THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE’S WAR OF LIBERATION AGAINST THE FRENCH IMPERIALISTS AND THE AMERICAN INTERVENTIONISTS (1945-1954) I - A FEW HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS II - SUMMARY OF THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR OF NATIONAL LIBERATION III - THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF OUR WAR OF LIBERATION IV - THE FACTORS OF SUCCESS PEOPLE’S WAR PEOPLE’S ARMY - Article written on the occasion of the XVth anniversary of the Viet Nam People’s Army. I II III THE GREAT EXPERIENCES GAINED BY OUR PARTY IN LEADING THE ARMED STRUGGLE AND BUILDING REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES I - OUR PARTY SUCCESSFULLY LED THE PREPARATION FOR THE ARMED UPRISING AND THE AUGUST 1945 GENERAL INSURRECTION II - OUR PARTY VICTORIOUSLY LED THE LONG-TERM RESISTANCE WAR AGAINST THE FRENCH IMPERIALISTS AND U.S. INTERVENTIONISTS III - OUR PARTY HAS SUCCESSFULLY LED THE BUILDING OF THE PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES DIEN BIEN PHU OUTLINE OF THE SITUATION OF HOSTILITIES IN WINTER 1953-SPRING 1954 STRATEGIC DIRECTION DIRECTION OF OPERATIONS AT DIEN BIEN PHU SOME QUESTIONS OF TACTICS OUR ARMY’S DETERMINATION TO FIGHT AND TO WIN PEOPLE’S DEVOTION TO SERVING THE FRONT THE WAR OF LIBERATION OF OUR PEOPLE WAS ONE LONG AND GREAT DIEN BIEN PHU BATTLE APPENDIX {1} I-MILITARY SITUATION IN SUMMER 1953 II-THE ENEMY’S NEW SCHEME THE “NAVARRE PLAN” III-OUR PLAN IN WINTER 1953-SPRING 1954, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MILITARY SITUATION ON THE VARIOUS FRONTS Liberation of Lai Chau. Liberation of Thakhek and several regions in Middle Laos. Liberation of the Bolovens Highland and the town of Attopeu. Liberation of Kontum and the north of the Western Highlands of central Viet Nam. Liberation of Phong Saly and the Nam Hu river basin, the push forward towards Luang Prabang. Our successes in the enemy rear in the Red River delta, the three provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien, and Nam Bo. IV-THE HISTORIC DIEN BIEN PHU CAMPAIGN First phase: destruction of Northern sub-sector. Second phase: Occupation of the hills in the East and encirclement of the Central sub-sector. Third phase: Annihilation of the enemy.