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7660009Battle for Hearts and Minds, Thehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/battle-for-hearts-and-minds--the-9798318127557/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7287339/image.jpg?v=6388898550483000005858MXNGandhiInStock/Audiolibros/<p>This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.</p><p>Dr. Robert McNamara stood before a map of South Vietnam in the Pentagon briefing room, pointing to clusters of red and blue pins that represented more than military positions. It was September 1963, and the Secretary of Defense was explaining to President Kennedy the concept that would define American strategy for the next decade: the battle for hearts and minds. The pins marked villages where the loyalty of the population remained contested, where the outcome of the war would ultimately be determined not by superior firepower but by the allegiance of ordinary Vietnamese farmers, shopkeepers, and students. McNamaras confident presentation masked a fundamental misunderstanding of Vietnamese society that would doom American efforts to win popular support despite billions of dollars and millions of hours invested in programs designed to demonstrate the benefits of democracy and free enterprise.</p><p>The intellectual foundations of the hearts and minds strategy emerged from counterinsurgency theory developed during the Malayan Emergency and other post-colonial conflicts, where British forces had successfully defeated Communist guerrillas by separating them from civilian supporters. American military theorists, particularly those influenced by the writings of French officer David Galula and British expert Robert Thompson, believed that guerrilla movements could be defeated by addressing the political and economic grievances that motivated popular support for insurgents. The theory appeared sound: provide security, improve living conditions, and demonstrate government effectiveness, and the population would naturally gravitate toward the legitimate authorities.</p>...7267608Battle for Hearts and Minds, The5858https://www.gandhi.com.mx/battle-for-hearts-and-minds--the-9798318127557/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7287339/image.jpg?v=638889855048300000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20259798318127557_W3siaWQiOiI2YmJmZTcyYy0wZDhjLTRlM2MtYmQwYi1lMGViNDJiOGVhNmUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjU4LCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo1OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMjVUMTM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZSwiaXNFbGlnaWJsZUZvckNyZWRpdFRyaWFsIjp0cnVlLCJjcmVkaXRQdXJjaGFzZVByaWNlIjoxfV0=9798318127557_<p>This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.</p><p>Dr. Robert McNamara stood before a map of South Vietnam in the Pentagon briefing room, pointing to clusters of red and blue pins that represented more than military positions. It was September 1963, and the Secretary of Defense was explaining to President Kennedy the concept that would define American strategy for the next decade: the battle for hearts and minds. The pins marked villages where the loyalty of the population remained contested, where the outcome of the war would ultimately be determined not by superior firepower but by the allegiance of ordinary Vietnamese farmers, shopkeepers, and students. McNamaras confident presentation masked a fundamental misunderstanding of Vietnamese society that would doom American efforts to win popular support despite billions of dollars and millions of hours invested in programs designed to demonstrate the benefits of democracy and free enterprise.</p><p>The intellectual foundations of the hearts and minds strategy emerged from counterinsurgency theory developed during the Malayan Emergency and other post-colonial conflicts, where British forces had successfully defeated Communist guerrillas by separating them from civilian supporters. American military theorists, particularly those influenced by the writings of French officer David Galula and British expert Robert Thompson, believed that guerrilla movements could be defeated by addressing the political and economic grievances that motivated popular support for insurgents. The theory appeared sound: provide security, improve living conditions, and demonstrate government effectiveness, and the population would naturally gravitate toward the legitimate authorities.</p>...9798318127557_Feisel John LLCaudiolibro_9798318127557_9798318127557Vance FertonInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2025-07-24T00:00:00+00:00Feisel John LLC