Hunting the Viet Cong Volumes 1-2 (PDF Edition)
Contains the following titles:
Hunting the Viet Cong Volume 1 : The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam 1961-1963. The Strategic Hamlet Programme - eBook (pdf) 7.67MB
Hunting the Viet Cong Volume 2 : The Fall of Diem and the Collapse of the Strategic Hamlets, 1961-1964 - eBook (pdf) 40.84MB
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Hunting the Viet Cong – Volumes 1 & 2
By Darren Poole
A groundbreaking two-volume study revealing how close South Vietnam came to defeating the Viet Cong — and how political and military failure lost that chance. Drawing on captured VC documents, interviews, and U.S. reports, Darren Poole challenges long-held views of the early Vietnam War.
Volume 1 – The Strategic Hamlet Programme (1961–63)
Explores how the Diem government’s counterinsurgency nearly strangled VC activity, forcing insurgents into hiding. Includes over 180 rare photos and colour artworks of troops, aircraft, and vehicles.
Volume 2 – The Fall of Diem and the Collapse of the Strategic Hamlets (1961–64)
Reveals how corruption, brutality, and poor leadership led to the programme’s failure and Diem’s overthrow. Based on first-hand sources, it exposes the tragedy and missed opportunity of early U.S. involvement.
An essential, richly illustrated reassessment of South Vietnam’s counterinsurgency war.
