I have found this analytical essay regarding the battle at Ia Drang Valley in Chapter seven: No Time for Reflection: Moore at Ia Drang in the the book Command Concepts – A Theory Derived from the Practice of Command and Control by Carl H. Builder, Steven C. Bankes, Richard Nordin - Rand Corporation 1999.
Both the individual chapter and the entire book can be accessed free of charge at
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR775/MR775.chap7.pdf
and
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR775.html
respectively.
Nguyen Van Tin
22 July 2011
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- "Victory at Pleime" ?
- Tactical Moves in Pleime Battle
- The Two Principals Players Of Pleime Chess Game
- Pleime Battle's Diary
- Why Pleime
- Reviewing "Why Pleime"
- General Schwarzkopf's Naïveté In Ia Drang Battle
- LZ X-Ray After Action Report - LTC Hal Moore and Colonel Hieu
- Pleime Battle Viewed From G3/I Field Force Vietnam
- Long Reach Operation Viewed From G3/I Field Force Vietnam
- LZ X-Ray Battle and LZ Albany Battle Viewed From G3/I Field Force Vietnam
- Than Phong 7 Operation Viewed From G3/I Field Force Vietnam
- Pleiku Campaign
- Command and Control Skills in Pleime Campaign
- What Historians Failed to Tell About the Battle at LZ X-Ray
- Behind-the-scenes Activities at Various Allied Headquarters During Pleime Campaign
- Pleime Counteroffensive into Chupong Iadrang Complex
- Intelligence Gathering at Ia Drang
- Roll Call of Combatants at Pleime-Chupong-Iadrang Battlefront
- A Military Genius in Action at Pleime-Chupong-Iadrang Battlefront
- The Uniqueness in Pleime Counteroffensive Operational Concept
- What if there was no master plan for Pleime Counteroffensive?
- Arc Lite Operation Planning and Execution in Pleime Offensive
- Various Diversionary Moves in Support of Arc Lite Strike in Pleime Counteroffensive
- A Doctrinal Lesson on the Use of Arc Lite in Pleime Counteroffensive
- Intelligence, the Key Factor in the Pleime Campaign's Victory
- Hal Moore and 1/7th Air Cavalry Battalion's Real Mission at LZ X-Ray
- Command and Control of Arc Light Strike at Chupong-Iadrang
- Arc Light Strike at Chupong-Iadrang Viewed From G3/IFFV
- Colonel Hieu’s Operational Concept for LZ X-Ray
- Than Phong 7
- Venturing into Lion’s Den in Ia Drang Valley
- Kung Fu Tactics at Pleime Campaign
- Battle of Pleime
- Plei Me Battle
- 1st US Cavalry Division Gives Support in the Battle at Plei Me
- Seven Days of Zap
- Battle of Duc Co
- American Perspective of Pleime Battle
- The Truth about the Pleime Battle
- The Unfolding of Strategic and Tactical Moves of Pleime Campaign
- CIDG in Camp Defense (Plei Me)
- Things the VC Don't Want People To Know at Pleime Battle
- Pleime Through New York Times' View
- Ia Drang Valley Battle? Which One?
- NVA Colonel Ha Vi Tung at Pleime-LZ Xray-LZ Albany
- Pleiku Campaign
- 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion in Support of Pleime Campaign
- "No Time for Reflection at Ia Drang" ?
- General Kinnard’s Naïveté in Pleime Campaign
- Pleime Campaign
- Crushing the American Troops in Central Highlands
- Crushing the American Troops in Western Highlands or in Danang?
- NVA 66th Regiment in Pleime-Ia Drang Campaign
- The Fog of War: The Vietnamese View of the Ia Drang Battle
- What Really Happened at Ia Drang Battle
- The Political Commissar at the First Battle Against the Americans in Central Highlands
- First Engagement With American Troops at Pleime-Iadrang