TY - BOOK AU - GORTZAK Yoav TI - The prospects of combined action: lessons from Vietnam PY - 2014/// KW - UNITED STATES KW - COUNTERINSURGENCY KW - VIETNAM KW - AFGHANISTAN KW - COMBINED ACTION PROGRAM N2 - Discusses the use of Combined Action Program (CAP) techniques in Vietnam and the extent to which they can be used in Afghanistan or other counterinsurgency operations. CAP combined US Marine squads with platoons of local militias, but several factors affected their effectiveness. The importance of high calibre junior leaders is emphasised UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2014.893971 ER -