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
- Operation Pleime-Chupong B-52 Strike?
- The Use of B-52 Strike in Ia Drang Campaign, General Westmoreland’s Best Kept Military Secret
- Air War Over Pleime-Chupong
- Arc Light over Chu Pong Operation
- Catching a Thief Tactic in Pleime Campaign
- Pleime/Chupong Campaign Destroying B3 Field Front Base
- The Uniqueness in Pleime Counteroffensive Operational Concept
- Pleime Counteroffensive into Chupong Iadrang Complex
- The Unfolding of Strategic and Tactical Moves of Pleime Campaign
- Battle of Pleime
- The Truth about the Pleime Battle
- Intelligence Gathering at Ia Drang
- Intelligence, the Key Factor in the Pleime Campaign's Victory
- Roll Call of Combatants at Pleime-Chupong-Iadrang Battlefront
- "Victory at Pleime" ?
- Tactical Moves in Pleime Battle
- Kung Fu Tactics at Pleime Campaign
- Various Diversionary Moves in Support of Arc Lite Strike in Pleime Counteroffensive
- What if there was no master plan for Pleime Counteroffensive?
- Pleime/Chupong Campaign Destroying B3 Field Front Base
- A Few Things You Should Know about Pleime-Iadrang Campaign
- Things the VC Don't Want People To Know at Pleime Battle
- Reviewing "Why Pleime"
- Review of "Intelligence Aspects at Pleime_Chupong Campaign"
- Perplexing Maneuvers at Pleime-Chupong-Iadrang You Might Be Attempted to Question
- A Bird’s-Eye-View of Pleime Campaign
- Operation Dan Thang 21
- US Air Force’s Roles in Pleime Campaign
- Arc Lite Operation Planning and Execution in Pleime Offensive
- A Doctrinal Lesson on the Use of Arc Lite in Pleime Counteroffensive
- Command and Control of Arc Light Strike at Chupong-Iadrang
- A Military Genius in Action at Pleime-Chupong-Iadrang Battlefront
- Command and Control Skills in Pleime Campaign
- Behind-the-scenes Activities at Various Allied Headquarters During Pleime Campaign
- The Two Principals Players Of Pleime Chess Game
- Pleime Battle's Diary
- Pleime Campaign and Pleiku Campaign
- A New Look at Ia Drang
- Operation Long Reach
- LZ X-Ray Battle (General Knowles)
- My Contributions to the Battle of Ia Drang in Wikipedia
- Operation LZ X-Ray
- Colonel Hal Moore’s Self-Aggrandizement in “We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young”
- Colonel Hal Moore Misunderstood his Mission at the Ia Drang Battle
- What Historians Failed to Tell About the Battle at LZ X-Ray
- Hal Moore and 1/7th Air Cavalry Battalion's Real Mission at LZ X-Ray
- Two Different Narrations of LZ X-Ray Battle by II Corps
- Ia Drang Valley Battle? Which One?
- LTC Hal Moore Summoned to a Woodshed Session?
- Colonel Hieu's Operational Concept for LZ X-Ray
- LZ Albany Battle - Chinese Advisors' Perspective
- A Puzzling Air Assault Performed by 1/7 Air Cavalry at LZ X-Ray
- Two Different Narrations of Than Phong 7 Operation by II Corps
- General Schwarzkopf's Naďveté In Ia Drang Battle
- Venturing into Lion's Den in Ia Drang Valley
- American Perspective of Pleime Battle
- General Kinnard's Naďveté in Pleime Campaign
- "No Time for Reflection at Ia Drang" ?
- Pleime Campaign or Pleime-Ia Drang Campaign?
- A Critique of General Bui Nam Ha's Opinions about Plâyme Campaign
- Commenting on General Nguyen Huu An's Account of Plâyme Campaign
- Crushing the American Troops in Western Highlands or in Danang?
- What Really Happened at Ia Drang Battle
- Case Study of a Typical Misinterpretation of Ia Drang Battle
- Ia Drang Battle Revisited
Documents
- Why Pleime
- Pleime, Trận Chię́n Lịch Sử
- 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
- Arc Light Strike at Chupong-Iadrang Viewed From G3/IFFV
- Pleiku Campaign
- Intelligence Aspects at Pleime_Chupong Campaign
- Excerpts of General Westmorland’s History Notes re: Pleime-Chupong-Iadrang Campaign
- LZ X-Ray Battle (General Knowles)
- LZ X-Ray After Action Report - LTC Hal Moore and Colonel Hieu
- Than Phong 7
- 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion in Support of Pleime Campaign
- CIDG in Camp Defense (Plei Me)
- Viet Cong Requested Red China's Aid
- Battle of Duc Co
- NVA Colonel Ha Vi Tung at Pleime-LZ Xray-LZ Albany
- The Fog of War: The Vietnamese View of the Ia Drang Battle
- No Time for Reflection: Moore at Ia Drang
- 1st US Cavalry Division Gives Support in the Battle at Plei Me
- Plei Me Fight Stands As War Turning Point
- Plei Me Battle
- Seven Days of Zap
- Pleime Through New York Times' View
- First Engagement With American Troops at Pleime-Iadrang
- Pleime Campaign
- Crushing the American Troops in Central Highlands
- NVA 66th Regiment in Pleime-Ia Drang Campaign
- The Political Commissar at the First Battle Against the Americans in Central Highlands