Created by the cia in saigon in 1967, phoenix was a program aimed at. Read the phoenix program pdf by douglas valentine open road distribution an important work. The collection contains the research material, including original handwritten interview notes and government documents obtained through foia requests, for my book the phoenix program. Credit pgaassociated press in late december 1967, the government of south vietnam announced a reorganization of its war effort against the. Douglas valentine on the resurrection of the phoenix. Between 1965 and 1972, more than eighty thousand noncombatants were. The phoenix program was first published twenty four years ago, fourteen years after the congressional investigations that exposed and swiftly washed it from public memory. Valentine ranks in the lower quartile for population density when compared to the other cities, towns and census designated places cdps in arizona. In early october 197120 lieutenant colonel connie oshea arrived at the phoenix directorate and20 was assigned by john tilton as liaison officer to colonel song at the20 phung hoang bloc office in the national police interrogation center. The phoenix program by douglas valentine lobster magazine. Valentine nonetheless affords an intriguingly detailed history of counterinsurgency efforts during americas postww ii involvement in indochina.
Morley safers attack in the new york times,2 this essential study of us political warfare has been reissued as an ebook. The first book to shed light on and analyze the details of the whole operation. The secret history of americas war on drugs, and the strength of the pack. Counterinsurgency lessons from vietnam for the future pdf. The companys new it initiative, code named phoenix project, is critical to the future of parts unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late. Under komers direction, brickham through late 1966 and june 1967 created icexside, renamed phoenix.
The phoenix program, the strength of the wolf and the strength of the pack. Phoenix program employed very few americans or vietnamese on a fulltime basis. The phoenix office of arts and culture public art program was established to help create a more beautiful and vibrant city, and to extend the benefits of art and culture throughout phoenix. The phoenix program is a grim history of one of the darkest episodes of the vietnam war, the cias civilian torture and assassination program called phoenix. The company has long promised that its phoenix program will restore profitability and close the gap by tightly integrating its retailing and ecommerce channels. The phoenix project, part 1 by itrevolution published on 20150320t15. I have been spending some time looking at how to apply some of the lessons of lean to software development team, and part of that has been catching up on some reading. Phoenix was the grotesque brainchild of william colby and may have resulted in the elimination, to use colby anaseptic phrase, more than 40,000 south vietnamese civilians, suspected by the. In 1966 saigon station chief john hart assigned brickham to deputy ambassador robert komers staff. Exhaustive detail and extensive use of interviews with. Throughout the phoenix program s existence, the gvn displayed little interest or desire to control the program, and, in fact, american advisors to the program often complained about the lack of south vietnamese support. Department of housing and urban development hud and administered by the neighborhood services department, has served the community since 1975.
How cryengine 3 and amd gcn architecture gave birth to a red gem. He provides a brief history of the vietnam warera counterinsurgency program and explains how phoenix is being implemented today both internationally and domestically. The personalities, politics and espionage intrigues that shaped the dea. Pics in the phoenix program, douglas valentine ny, wm morrow, 1990. More than 50,000 south vietnamese died as a result of the phoenix program and it paved the way for cia support for abuses in south and central america for the next 30 years. Over the past quarter century, the program has involved artists with architects, engineers, landscape architects and city planners in the design and. While there have been many books written about the phoenix program, valentines book is much more thoroughly researched than the other books. The primary coordinate point for valentine is located at latitude 35. Theres a reason the cia wanted to prevent the publication of douglas valentine. He is now advocating for a rebirth of the us infamous phoenix program to target the isis terrorists the us created, and he is advising trump from the shadows. In cooperation with authorjournalist douglas valentine, cryptocomb is publishing over 8gbs of audio recordings that mr. Douglas valentine on the phoenix program then and now.
The cia designed and implemented the phoenix program during the. Indeed, the cia, which furnished much of the staff for the program, tried to. One of the classics is the goal by eliyahu goldratt. Douglas valentine the cia as organized crime and the. Besides his comprehensive, journalistic coverage of the details involved with the program, unafraid to uncover the deeds of all sides involved, two things impressed me. The vietnam war ranks among the most bizarre episodes of this century. The phoenix program for the unacquainted was a cia generated operation that sponsored mass arrests, terrorism, torture. The phoenix program, by douglas valentine at american.
The phoenix program, revisited abcs of american interrogation methods abcs of american interrogation methods by douglas valentine weekend edition may 1517, 2004 counterpunch contents the pics piccs inside a pic the militarys side of the story adapted from chapter 5. Military officers while researching for his book, the phoenix program. Douglas valentines book the phoenix program gets the evolutionary information regarding this program correct. Phoenix office of arts and culture public art program. Stream the phoenix project, part 1, a playlist by itrevolution from desktop or your mobile device. The community development block grant cdbg program, funded through the u. Douglas valentine is the author of four books of historical nonfiction. The phoenix program was judged as fairly successful and it is now being implemented in countries where there is us involvement.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Phoenix, arizona, summaryof reported data from july1, 2010. Throughout the phoenix programs existence, the gvn displayed little interest or desire to control the program, and, in fact, american advisors to the program often complained about the lack of south vietnamese support. John prados, author of presidents secret wars this definitive account of the phoenix program, the us attempt to destroy the viet cong through torture and summary execution, remains sobering reading for all those trying to understand the vietnam war and the moral ambiguities of americas cold war victory. For the demonstration, a sample pod with satlets and tools will be launched by an independent geo communications satellite prior to or at the same time. A crude, onesided appraisal designed to prove conclusively that the phoenix programamericas antiterrorist program in vietnamwas an instrument of unspeakable evil. The phoenix program was a program designed, coordinated, and executed by the united states central intelligence agency cia, united states special operations forces, special forces operatives from the australian army training team vietnamaattv, and the republic of vietnams south vietnam security apparatus during the vietnam war. After having read douglas valentines essay on how the phoenix is coming home to roost via homeland security on his website, i decided to look into his book, the phoenix program. The ceo wants bill to report directly to him and fix the mess in ninety days or else bills entire department will be outsourced. Its tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, bill gets a. This shocking expose of the cia operation aimed at destroying the vietcong infrastructure thoroughly conveys the hideousness of the vietnam war publishers.
Although many chapters have been updated with modern language and revised to frame it within the context of todays society, many of this books. Valentine collected throughout his personal interviews with former cia and u. Read the phoenix project a novel about it, devops, and helping your business win by gene kim available from rakuten kobo. Phoenix was far worse than the things attributed to it. For valentine the hotel tacloban, lj 91584, the program epitomizes all that was wrong with the vietnam war. The phoenix program itself was created by the cia as a way to coordinate numerous counterinsurgency programs during the vietnam war, using. The cdbg program funds comprehensive revitalization of designated neighborhoods, housing rehabilitation. Its tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, bill gets a call from t. However, few people in the energize phoenix corridor. Im gonna be so bold as to say that one would be hard pressed to really understand the machinations of the world without having read valentines indepth investigations of phoenix, the cia and the war on. The phoenix project ebook by gene kim rakuten kobo. The victims of the phoenix program were vietnamese civilians, male and female, suspected of harboring information about the enemythough many on the blacklist were targeted by corrupt south vietnamese security personnel looking to extort money or remove a rival.
Behind the phoenix program edward miller vietnam 67 dec. A new pamphlet concerning the phoenix project has been released by. Phoenix operational goals support sustainable and repeatable lowcost repurposing logistics in disposal orbits. Walt served as the editor of this manual, the phoenix, from its fifth edition in 1959 through its eleventh edition in 2008. Semantic scholar extracted view of the phoenix program by douglas valentine. Most of the suspects picked up and detained as part of the phoenix program were murdered and never seen again or eliminated in their homes and villages in the countryside. The community development block grant cdbg program. The collection contains the research material, including audio files of interviews with senior cia and military officers in the phoenix program, original handwritten interview notes, and government. This covert operation was responsible for the killing, imprisonment, or torture of countless vietnamese in the name of neutralizing the viet cong infrastructure. The tactics of phoenix are common to all counterinsurgency campaigns and one can read accounts of american actions in the philippines at the beginning of the 20th century that involve many of the exact same tactics. Body count was their most important product the new york.
Thats not even the most chilling part of it because doug valentine says it is being implemented in this country right now to counteract protests and dissidents. While under american management, the phoenix program acquired an unsavory reputation for assassination and ineffectiveness. Douglas valentine discusses his recent article inside the cias use of terror during the vietnam war and his book the phoenix program. The douglas valentine vietnam collection at the national security archive in washington, dc, has been open and used by researchers since early 2007. Interview 1248 douglas valentine on the resurrection of. The first book to shed light on and analyze the details. I began work on the phoenix program in the summer of 1984, valentine wrote. The phoenix program was in theory an antiterrorist program, designed by the cia to target viet cong officials and sympathizers. Today douglas valentine, author of the phoenix program and the cia as organized crime joins us to discuss what the phoenix program is and why its resurrection is so ominous. Phoenix program supplied and introduced by douglas valentine. The phoenix program was a program designed and coordinated by the united states central. Phoenix program by douglas valentine overdrive rakuten.
The phoenix program by douglas valentine, paperback. There have been few books that zeroed in directly on this subject, and of them, douglas valentines the phoenix program is the only book based on extensive interviews with phoenix operatives. The articles about cia officer simmons and navy seal kerrey contrasted the stated purpose of the phoenix program, which was to protect the people from terrorism, with its operational realitythe pacification of the south tdy valentine, douglas best price. Join facebook to connect with dan valentine and others you may know. The program was, at the time and still is controversial. He is the author of the novel tdy, and a book of poems, a crows dream. Already years late, many expect the company to announce another program delay in its analyst earnings call next month. The phoenix program itself was created by the cia as a way to coordinate numerous counterinsurgency programs during the vietnam war, using methods of blanket surveillance, kidnapping and extrajudicial detention, interrogation and torture. The hotel tacloban, the phoenix program, the strength of the wolf.
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