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Author Biography
Jason Cooley earned his PhD in International Relations from the University of Nottingham. He teaches courses about American politics at the University of Hartford and Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Connecticut. His research interests include security transfers, American foreign policy, and covert action.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.19.1.2506
Subject Area Keywords
Security policy, Southeast Asia
Abstract
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, numerous American citizens wanted to see the removal of US soldiers from South Vietnam. To appease these individuals, officials in Washington carried out troop withdrawals. As American personnel left, South Vietnamese servicemen assumed their security duties. This security transfer, like most security initiatives, produced mixed results. By employing levels of success and failure from notable policy scholars and recognizing the productivity of some key units of the South Vietnamese Army, it will be possible to present a more accurate reading of the results of the transfer than those currently available in the literature on the Vietnam War.
Recommended Citation
Cooley, Jason. "Accurate Reading of the Result of the Security Transfer in Vietnam." Journal of Strategic Security 19, no. 1 (2026)
: 208-232.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.19.1.2506
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