0 - The Black Vault

THE BDM CORPORATION
TAELE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
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2, US FOREIGN POLICV 2-1 to 2-56
A. Introduction 2-1
B. Phased Assessment of US Foreign Policy
in Southeast Asia 2-4
1, Historical Antecedents 2-4
2. Phase 1: 1945 to 1961 2-4
3. Phase 2: 1961 tc 1965 2-21
4. Phase 3:. 1965 to 1969 2-38
5. Phase 4: 1969 to 1975 2-43
C. Insights 2-47
D. Lessons 2-49
3., CONTINGENCY PLANNING 3-1 to 3-29
A. Introduction 3-1
B. Peacetime Perspectives 3-2
1. Military Strategic Planning .- 2
2. Objectives 3-3
3. Planning Highlights 3-5
4. CINCPAC OPLAN 32-59 3-7
5, Related Plans 3-10
6. Constraints on Planning Options 3-10
C. Plans Actually Implemented 3-13
1, OPLANs 34A and 37-64 3-13
2. Changing Perceptions 3-14
3. No Reserve Call-up 3-15
4., Planning Deployment in SVN 3-15
5. Other Factors 3-17
6. MACV Contingency Planning Post 1965 3-17
D. Assessment of Planning Effectiveness 3-18
E. Summary Analysis and Insights 3-19
F., Lessons 3-21
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