Destroy and Build
Pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966-72
Published on 8. June 2017
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-1-107-18973-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 6 Maps; 12 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
588 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-18973-7 (9781107189737)
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Person
Thomas Richardson is an Associate Lecturer in History, at the Australian Defence Force Academy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Content
Introduction; 1. Pacification: an introduction; 2. Phuoc Tuy, 1966; 3. Preparing the battlefield; 4. Tet 1968; 5. 'This month's faire story'; 6. Deja vu, all over again; 7. 'The wolves were circling'; 8. 'Bereft of their Australian strongmen'.