PAVN: People's Army of VietnamThe People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) had its beginning in 1930, in a mountain cave near the China border, with Vo Nguyen Giap and thirty-three others. Giap, with Ho Chi Minh's help, built up this minuscule army from a semi-guerrilla status into a force numbering over one million in the regular army and another three million in paramilitary elements. Pike discusses in depth the relationship of this small, underdeveloped country to Russia, to Marxist-Leninist doctrine, to China. He also accounts for Hanoi's victory in the Vietnam War and discusses the North Vietnam strategy that has proved so successful against three of the world's greatest powers. |
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Preface | 1 |
HISTORY AND HERITAGE | 7 |
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION | 87 |
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action activity Air Force apparently armed dau tranh armed forces ARVN assignments attack battle Binh border cadres called campaign Central Committee chiefly China Chinese Chinh civilian combat Dang dau tranh strategy develop Dinh divisions doctrinal Dong early economic enemy fighting French Giap's guerrilla Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Indochina itary Kampuchea Laos Le Duan leaders leadership logistic major ment military commander military force Militia mobilization Montagnard National Defense navy Nguyen Giap North North Vietnam operations organization Party committee Party's PAVN command PAVN military PAVN's Pham PLAF Plenum Pol Pot Politburo Political Commissar political dau tranh postwar province Quan Doi Nhan Quang Quoc revolutionary Self-Defense social society South Vietnam Soviet struggle tactics Tap Chi Quan task Thanh Tien Dung tion Tran Truong Truong Chinh USSR Van Tien Dung veterans victory Viet Minh Vietnam War Vietnamese Vietnamese communist village Vo Nguyen Giap warfare weapons