TY  - BOOK
AU  - Young,Stephen
TI  - The theory and practice of associative power: CORDS in the villages of Vietnam 1967-1972 
SN  - 9780761869009
AV  - DS559 .T446 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Hamilton Books
KW  - United States
KW  - Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
KW  - Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support
KW  - Civil Operations and Rural Development Support
KW  - Counterinsurgency
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Integrated operations (Military science)
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Foreword; Introductory Thoughts; 1 ASSOCIATIVE POWER; 2 The Origins of CORDS; 3 Vietnamese Nationalism; 4 Getting the Right Context in Place; 5 CORDS Gets Its Opportunity; 6 CORDS Version 1.0; 7 The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country; 8 The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country; 9 CORDS Version 2.0-1971 Pacification and Development Plan; 10 South Vietnam Holds Off an Onslaught; 11 A Vietnamese Village; 12 Iraq; 13 Afghanistan; 14 Securing the American Future through Associative Power; Afterword; Notes; References; Index; 2; b
N2  - This text asserts that the United States needs to use associative power in place of both hard power and soft power to succeed in achieving its national security objectives. The author uses the CORDs program during the Vietnam War as an example of associative power
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