The Vietnamese "Strategic Hamlets": A Preliminary Report

Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand Corp., 1962. First Edition. Small quarto with off-white stapled wraps; viii, 30 pages; 28cm Very good (+) to near fine; faint sunning shadow to upper edge of wraps. Stapled wraps.

Out of print. No physical copies found online at time of listing.U.S. Air Force Project Rand Research Memorandum. RM-3208-ARPA. A discussion of the social, economic, administrative, and political aspects of the strategic hamlets, a key part of the South Vietnam program known as "Operation Sunrise." No effort is made to evaluate the direct military worth of the hamlets. Some suggestions are made for improving the hamlet system. "this research is sponsored by the United States Air Force under contract No. AF 49(638)-700 monitored by the Directorate of Development Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff, Development Hq USAF." --Cover. A "working paper", according to cover text.