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I suppose Ron Milam's Not a Gentleman's War is arguably germane to Sasquatch's original query, although it supposedly is dedicated toward exploring the officer experience in VN. (I use "supposedly"...

First, Ken, thanks for your post of the other day. :)

Second, CR6 et al:

Sheehan's narrative of the Battle of Ap Bac was excellent. Yet I do think that one ought to, if possible, counterpoise...

"Vietnam is worthwhile..."

I realized after I posted that that there is absolutely nothing wrong on any level about creating a Vietnam-specific canon, and that said post therefore really was not...

Regarding prong 2) of Sasquatch's prompt - i.e., the "big picture" and the proffered example of a fixation on body counts - I consider James Wirtz's article "Intelligence to Please" (Political...

Sasquatch:

Meant respectfully: If the goal is to , then for said purpose, why limit the query to Vietnam? Obviously how the US entered the Vietnam War is Vietnam-specific, but helping the...

Since JCustis mentioned Snepp's Decent Interval, I'll add two other books regarding April 1975:

David Butler, The Fall of Saigon.

Larry Engerman, Tears Before the Rain.

Incidentally, Harry...

John Prados and Ray Stubbe, Valley of Decision.

Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie. (Books I-III are perhaps all that is necessary.)

Robert Mason, Chickenhawk.

Philip Caputo, A Rumor of...

I'd take a look at van Evera, "Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science."

The book has its flaws, but has its merits, too.

I think exposure to methods could potentially be very...

You might have answered this question already, in which case mea culpa, but let me ask a basic question: what discipline do you intend to do your graduate work in? It seems you wish to focus on...

This post from the The Monkey Cage, entitled "Cracking Down," might be of interest.

http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2011/03/29/cracking_down/#more

Some choice lines:



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OC

In the spirit of Tequila noting that Kalyvas has research papers online, I'd suggest that, if you have access to them, you download papers that were published prior to books. Two examples:

Paper,...

From The Monkey Cage (www.themonkeycage.org)

http://www.themonkeycage.org/2011/03/cracking_down.html#more

BLUF:



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OC

This is a nicely-done collection of oral histories from a wide-ranging number of people:
...

I don't have O'Neill in front of me, but I think the below might possibly be of some help...

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a794711535



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OC

It just hit me: I can probably post the abstracts of the two articles without running afoul of any copyright issues (apologies in advance if I am wrong).

The Armed Forces and Transitions from...

I'm guessing "Terence Lee" (I am not Terence Lee) is not the name you were expecting on a post on Egypt's current situation. However, for those of you with access - alas, I'm guessing, not many - it...

Andrew J. Birtle. "PROVN, Westmoreland, and the Historians: A Reappraisal." The Journal of Military History 72.4 (2008): 1213-1247.

might be of use.

It probably should be read in the context of...

I saw this, originally, I think, on Pat Lang's site:

http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090316_israelistrikeiran.pdf

Thanks
OC

this doesn't violate the cooling off period. If otherwise, naturally, feel free to delete.

Thanks
OC

http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/isec.2007.31.4.7

"The Logic of Violence in Civil War" exudes brilliance.

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OC

but on the off chance you haven't, Lupfer's "The Dynamics of Doctrine" is absolutely superb.

http://carl.army.mil/resources/csi/Lupfer/lupfer.asp
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Here are my thoughts:

1) I'd agree that we can and do use the three words mentioned synonymously. That said, I think they can and sometimes do carry different connotations. I hear a lot about...

on some of the issues you raise.

1) Are all rebellions insurgencies?

2) Are all insurgencies rebellions?

3) Should we substitute rebellions for revolutions? (Perhaps this is just me.)

4)...

why the predicted results did not arise. If anything, I'd think it'd be more appropriate for me to refute the *outcomes* of the authors' "experiment" or paper rather than the *assumptions* they made...

the disconfirmation of their hypotheses.

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OC