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02841aam a2200397 i 4500 001 4398047E4EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 210119s2021 okua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020058554 020 $a 0806168692 020 $a 9780806168692 035 $a (OCoLC)1233022873 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DS559.9.P5 $b T46 2021 082 00 $a 959.704/342095975 $2 23 100 1 $a Thompson, Robert J., $c III, $d 1983- $e author. 245 10 $a Clear, hold, and destroy : $b pacification in Phu Yen and the American war in Vietnam / $c Robert J. Thompson III. 264 1 $a Norman : $b University of Oklahoma Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xvii, 330 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : View from a Hill -- "What the hell does this mean?" : Understanding Pacification -- "We should not be astonished": Phu Yen and War through 1965 -- "Protect the rice harvest" : Search and Destroy and the Perception of Pacification's Success, 1966 -- "We have seen our last major battle" : Perceptions of Conventional Warfare's Pacification Gains, 1967 -- "The rural 'pacification' program has gone up in smoke" : The Second General Offensive and Uprising, 1968 -- "Very little, if any, progress" : Vietnamization and the Accelerated Pacification Campaign, 1969 -- The Province That "Went to Sleep" : The Advisory Crisis, 1970 -- "Like reeds in the wind" : The War in the Hamlets, 1971 -- "Consequently, no one knows" : Pacification's Permanence and the End of the Second Indochina War, 1972-1975 -- Conclusion : Why Phu Yen Matters. 520 $a "Phu Yen province in Vietnam was a prominent target of American pacification, an effort to win the 'hearts and minds' of the Vietnamese. This book reviews Phu Yen's storied history with pacification before and during the French colonial period, then focuses on the American War from 1965 to 1975, exploring how the Americans advanced pacification, relying on conventional military forces, and why this effort ultimately failed"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Campaigns $z Phu Yen (Province) $z Phu Yen (Province) 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $z United States. 651 0 $a Phu Yen (Vietnam : Province) $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a Vietnam $z Phu Yen (Province) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01336045 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024314.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4398047E4EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search