This is a story of what was tried, what worked, and what didn't work on the part of US and South Vietnamese forces. Considerable space is spent on the problems and successes of Pacification and Vietnamization (a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam) which used both large scale AO (Area of Operation) clearing operations to deny the Viet Cong use of an area and its population and small scale operations where platoons and even squads lived and worked daily with the local populace. The American Military "held the line" for ten years against communist pressures on Southeast Asia. Consequently, the countries of Southeast Asia now seem to be staunchly a part of the non-communist world.
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