| ISBN |
9781107189737 : |
| 110718973X |
| Author |
Richardson, Thomas (author.) |
| Title |
Destroy and build : pacification in Phuoc Tuy, 1966-1972 / Thomas Richardson. |
| Portion of title |
Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966-1972 |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Port Melbourne, VIC : Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
| ©2017. |
| Description |
xvii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Australian Army history series |
| Note |
Thomas Richardson is affiliated with University of New South Wales, Sydney. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pacification: an introduction -- Phuoc Tuy, 1966 -- Preparing the battlefield: January 1966-December 1967 -- Tet, 1968: January-October 1968 -- 'This month's fairy story': November 1968-August 1969 -- Déjà vu, all over again: September 1969-November 1970 -- 'The wolves are circling': November 1970 - November 1971 -- 'Bereft of their Australian strongmen': November 1971-January 1973. |
| Summary |
"In 2002, Governor General Michael Jeffrey stated that 'we Australians had everything under control in Phuoc Tuy Province'. This referred not only to military control, but to the policy of 'pacification' employed by the Republic of Vietnam and external Free World allies such as the US and Australia. In the hopes of stemming the tide of Communism, pacification aimed to win the allegiance of the populace through political, economic and social reform. In this new work, Thomas Richardson explores the 1st Australian Task Force's (1ATF) implementation of this policy in Phuoc Tuy between 1966 and 1972. Using material from US and Australian archives, as well as newly translated Vietnamese histories, Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Tuy, 1966-1972 challenges the accepted historiography of the Western forces' fight against insurgency in Vietnam."--dust jacket. |
| Subjects |
Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Australian Task Force (Vietnam), 1st -- History |
| Australia. -- Army. -- Australian Task Force (Vietnam), 1st |
| Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Australian Task Force (Vietnam), 1st |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Phuoc Tuy (Province) |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| Counterinsurgency -- Vietnam (Republic) |
| Peace-building -- Vietnam (Republic) |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australia |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States |
| Phuoc Tuy (Vietnam : Province) |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns |
| Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975 |
| Australia -- Armed Forces -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| Series |
Australian Army history series |
| Call number |
2019.042 |
