Viet Cong Repression and its Implication for the Future

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Title
Viet Cong Repression and its Implication for the Future
Creator
Hosmer, Stephen T.
Date
1970
Identifier
AD0870240
AD0870240
Abstract
In the conduct of their fundamental strategy of revolutionary warfare, the Vietnamese Communists employ many and diverse instruments, both political and military. Designed to be mutually supporting, these are each focused on but one end: the seizure of political power in the South. The present study deals with one of the major instruments of this strategy, the systematic use of a variety of measures collectively called 'repression,' by which the Communists seek to eliminate, neutralize, and 'reform' their known enemies in the Government of South Vietnam as well as others whom they suspect of being hostile or unsympathetic to their movement. One aim of this Report is to provide a comprehensive account of both the Communist practice of repression in the South and the doctrine supporting it, as they are revealed in the enemy's own documents. A second purpose is to examine some of the implications of these repressive activities and theories for the denouement of the Vietnamese war.
Date Issued
1970-05
Extent
250
Corporate Author
RAND Corporation
Corporate Report Number
R-475/1-ARPA
Contract
DAHC15 67 C 0142
Distribution Conflict
No
Access Rights
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE AND SALE; ITS DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED
Photo Quality
Not Needed
Distribution Classification
1
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Report Availability
Full text available by request
Provenance
Borg-Warner
Type
report