The Phoenix Program

by Douglas Valentine

Overview

"An important work.” —John Prados, author of President’s Secret Wars
 
“This definitive account of the Phoenix program, the US attempt to destroy the Viet Cong through torture and summary execution, remains sobering reading for all those trying to understand the Vietnam War and the moral ambiguities of America’s Cold War victory. Though carefully documented, the book is written in an accessible style that makes it ideal for readers at all levels, from undergraduates to professional historians.” —Alfred W. McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504032889
Publisher:	Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date:	09/27/2016
Pages:	484
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Douglas Valentine is the author of four books of historical non-fiction, one novella, and one book of poems.
 

Table of Contents

	Introduction	9
Chapter 1	Infrastructure	19
Chapter 2	Internal Security	31
Chapter 3	Covert Action	43
Chapter 4	Revolutionary Development	57
Chapter 5	PICs	73
Chapter 6	Field Police	89
Chapter 7	Special Branch	100
Chapter 8	Attack on the VCI	113
Chapter 9	ICEX	127
Chapter 10	Action Programs	142
Chapter 11	PRU	159
Chapter 12	Tet	174
Chapter 13	Parallax Views	193
Chapter 14	Phoenix in Flight	198
Chapter 15	Modus Vivendi	213
Chapter 16	Advisers	223
Chapter 17	Accelerated Pacification	253
Chapter 18	Transitions	266
Chapter 19	Psyops	280
Chapter 20	Reforms	291
Chapter 21	Decay	303
Chapter 22	Hearings	315
Chapter 23	Dissension	327
Chapter 24	Transgressions	340
Chapter 25	Da Nang	351
Chapter 26	Revisions	362
Chapter 27	Legalities	376
Chapter 28	Technicalities	389
Chapter 29	Phoenix in Flames	404
	Epilogue	420
	Appendix	431
	Glossary	435
	Notes	447
	Index	463