Accession Number:

ADA096431

Title:

A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam. Volume 7. The Soldier

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

BDM CORP MCLEAN VA

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1980-04-11

Pagination or Media Count:

378.0

Abstract:

The chapters of Volume VII, the Soldier, develop a number of key insights and lessons concerning the US soldier during the years 1960-1973. These insights highlight a broad and diverse array of soldier-related problems and policies that developed in the years of the United States combat role in Indochina. The insights are specific, focusing on the major themes discussed in the chapters of volume, including personnel policies and problems, racial discrimination, drug abuse, leadership quality, and careerism. The accompanying lessons, in contrast, while derived from the US soldiers experiences in Vietnam, are more general in tone, with wider application and greater interest to US military leaders and planners.

Descriptors:

• *LEADERSHIP
• *ARMY PERSONNEL
• *VIETNAM
• *LIMITED WARFARE
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• ARMY TRAINING
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• INFANTRY
• ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• HISTORY
• MILITARY COMMANDERS
• RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
• DRUG ABUSE
• PUBLIC OPINION
• OFFICER PERSONNEL
• MORALE
• STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• MILITARY DOCTRINE
• STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
• LAND WARFARE

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE