Pacification

An insurgency begins; insurgency unchecked, 1961-1965; the war and the "other war", 1965-1966; not by force alone - the US Army in pacification; the search for solutions; unifying American support of pacification; the early days of CORDS, May-December 1967; leverage - CORDS' quest for better performance; the Tet offensive and pacification; what next?; Abrams in command - military support of the accelerated pacification campaign; new directions; "one war" or business as usual?; the Phoenix Program - the best-laid plans; the ambiguous achievements of pacification; the end of an experiment.