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.
Richard A. Hunt received his Ph.D. in history at the University of Pennsylvania. He works at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.
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