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Military medicine to win hearts and minds :

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1281093289

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1423762630

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6611093281

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9781281093288

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9781423762638

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9786611093280

Erroneous ISBN

0896725324

Erroneous ISBN

9780896725324

Number

b700569

Title Proper

Military medicine to win hearts and minds :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

aid to civilians in the Vietnam War /

First Statement of Responsibility

Robert J. Wilensky.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lubbock :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Texas Tech University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) :

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illustrations.

Series Title

Modern Southeast Asia series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Previous use of medical care for foreign civilians -- The ad hoc programs -- Formal MEDCAP, MILPHAP, CWAP, etc. -- Medical evaluation of the programs -- Evaluation of the programs as a policy tool.

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American soldiers have provided medical aid to civilians in many wars, and no less in the Vietnam War, where there were more than forty million contacts between U.S. medical personnel and Vietnamese civilians. Robert J. Wilensky, using data derived from extensive archival research as well as his personal experience in Vietnam, shows how medical aid to Vietnamese civilians, at first based simply on good will, became policy. The original Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP), by which unit medical teams treated civilians in their area, soon expanded to other acronymically designated programs: the Military Provincial Hospital (later Health) Assistance Program (MILPHAP), the Civilian War Casualty Program (CWCP), and the Provincial Health Assistance Program (PHAP). Although MEDCAP treated many, American doctors were uniformly unhappy about the superficial care they were able to give. Labs, x-ray machines, and surgery were not available at the unit level; follow-up was sketchy or nonexistent. Other programs became so politicized that they were almost ineffective. Coordination with the government of South Vietnam was poor, creating areas that were underserved. Most important, there is no evidence that the good will built by U.S. doctors transferred to South Vietnamese forces. American programs may have emphasized the inability of the Republic of Vietnam to provide basic health care to its own people and may have demonstrated to Vietnamese civilians that foreign soldiers cared more for them than their own troops did. If that is the case, the programs actually did more harm than good in the attempt to win hearts and minds.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Military medicine to win hearts and minds.

International Standard Book Number

0896725324

Medical care-- Vietnam.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Medical care.

Military Medicine-- history.

Vietnam Conflict.

History & Archaeology.

Medical care.

MEDICAL-- Health Risk Assessment.

Medizinische Versorgung

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.

Sanitätsdienst

Southeast Asia.

Vietnamkrieg

Zivilbevölkerung

USA.

Vietnam.

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MED-- 037000

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Edition

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Book number

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Book Number

Wilensky, Robert J.

Date of Transaction

20201207162222.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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