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27 Such a collegial arrangement, intended for countries where large American conventional forces were deployed, seemed unlikely to produce the close civilian-military coordination required for effective direction of counterinsurgency operations. Nevertheless, Secretary McNamara and the Joint Chiefs of Staff used it as guidance in developing their plan for the new Vietnam command. S. military command in South Vietnam. Following instructions from President Kennedy, McNamara went beyond the Taylor mission’s recommendation for a simple enlargement of the MAAG’s strength, authority, and functions.
S. , describe Army Staff efforts at counterinsurgency planning. 18 For a convenient summary of counterinsurgency and pacification theory, see Andrew J. S. S. Army Center of Military History), ch. 6. 19 For the Laotian crisis, see Spector, Early Years, pp. 357–58; Taylor, Swords and Ploughshares, pp. 216–19; and Smith, Revolution versus Containment, pp. 244–52. Kennedy’s policy is analyzed and defended in Roger Hilsman, To Move a Nation: The Politics of Foreign Policy in the Administration of John F.
Indd 22 4/27/06 9:02:47 AM A Deepening Commitment and a New Command Forces, Vietnam (USFV). The new command’s objective would be to increase American economic and military assistance to the Republic of Vietnam, “short of introduction of combat forces,” and to participate in the direction and control of South Vietnamese counterinsurgency operations. S. activities in Vietnam, including intelligence operations, MAAG . . S. General McGarr with Ambassador Nolting military forces in South (Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) Vietnam, “full control” of all American intelligence efforts and the right to “supervise and direct” counterinsurgencyrelated civilian economic aid programs.