Communism in Vietnam ; a documentary study of theory, strategy and operational practices, by Rodger Swearingen and Hammond Rolph.

Author: Swearingen, Rodger, 1923-

Imprint:Chicago : American Bar Association, [1967]

Descriptionxi, 195 p. ; 19 cm.

Note:I. Introduction -- II. COMMUNIST OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM: THE THEORY AND STRATEGY OF "PEOPLE'S WAR": Lenin propounds a doctrine; Stalin distorts it -- Khrushchev revives Soviet interst in "liberation wars" -- Mao produces a general theory of "People's War" -- The Viet Minh and "People's War" -- Lin Piao restates the theory and practice of revolutionary war -- III. HANOI'S WAR: A VIOLENT ROAD TO "PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION": Hanoi's commitment to the destruction of the Southern Republic -- North Vietnam's role in the war: both overt and clandestine -- Hanoi's peace terms: surrender of South Vietnam to communism -- Opposition in the United States encourages Hanoi -- The other side of the coin: Hanoi sometimes faces reality -- Ho Chi Minh's longer view: North Vietnam's wider ambitions -- IV. THE VIET CONG: POLITICS AT GUNPOINT: Viet Cong adaptation of "People's War" doctrine to South Vietnam -- National Liberation Front: the public facade of the Viet Cong -- The clandestine Marxist core: engine and pilot of the revolution -- The infrastructure: struggle at the rice roots level -- Viet Cong leadership: shadowy and featureless -- Viet Cong operational policies and problems: the mobilization of popular support -- Terror: a key operational weapon -- Viet Cong propaganda efforts: massive and sustained -- The Viet Cong fighter: tough, patient, skillful -- Viet Cong morale under stress: a key to peace in Vietnam? -- V. THE CHINESE POSTURE: AGGRESSION WITH CAUTION: The Chinese Communist commitment in Vietnam: bellicose but vague -- Fantasy and realism in Peking's view of the world situation -- Vietnam and the rift with the USSR -- VI. SOVIET VIEW: HAZARDS AND OPPORTUNITIES: Moscow views Vietnam and world Communist unity -- Vietnam as a barometer of U.S.-USSR relations.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p.[189]-195.

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