Plan of Investigation The Vietnam War was a tough fought conflict for the United States Armed Forces and those in the Viet Cong [VC], (the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam [NLF] forces in South Vietnam [SV]). As members of the VC lost their lives in battle more and more started joining. The United States government realized it was necessary to bring down the leaders of the NLF in order to have a better chance at ending the war. This investigation will examine the CIA’s Phoenix Program’s effectiveness in combating the VC by looking at: its effect on the people of America and their support for the war, how it impacted the people of SV, and its final impact on combating the NLF’s power in Southern Vietnam. In order to examine these
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Rosenau is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analysis Strategic Studies Center and worked in International Military Advisory roles and missions, as well as an Officer of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Rosenau was assisted by Austin Long, a paid researcher for the RAND corporation. The purpose for this piece was to break down the American Counterinsurgency tactics for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, done inside of the RAND Research Center. The document breaks down the counterinsurgency tactics used by the US during the Vietnam War in detail. It describes how the Phoenix Program came to be and why the US Government got involved in counterterrorism tactics in the first place. Later the document shows how this new knowledge benefitted the US in future conflicts and how it has since been adapted. Since the RAND Corporation Research Center has more access to more documents and research than would be available to the common person they are able to give more detail than what could be found on the web, or in a text book. The document, though, stays more focused on the views of those involved in the program, and looks little into the lives of those who lived in SV and were affected by it. This was because those who conducted the research were specifically breaking down the American tactics for their research, to them the impact did not matter the process
Rosenau is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analysis Strategic Studies Center and worked in International Military Advisory roles and missions, as well as an Officer of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Rosenau was assisted by Austin Long, a paid researcher for the RAND corporation. The purpose for this piece was to break down the American Counterinsurgency tactics for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, done inside of the RAND Research Center. The document breaks down the counterinsurgency tactics used by the US during the Vietnam War in detail. It describes how the Phoenix Program came to be and why the US Government got involved in counterterrorism tactics in the first place. Later the document shows how this new knowledge benefitted the US in future conflicts and how it has since been adapted. Since the RAND Corporation Research Center has more access to more documents and research than would be available to the common person they are able to give more detail than what could be found on the web, or in a text book. The document, though, stays more focused on the views of those involved in the program, and looks little into the lives of those who lived in SV and were affected by it. This was because those who conducted the research were specifically breaking down the American tactics for their research, to them the impact did not matter the process