Clarify the leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975, draw some experience for reference and applying to build the military logistics force in the construction and protection of the socialist Vietnam Fatherland today.
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The topic: "Leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975" is studied in terms of specialized scientific
history of the Communist Party of Vietnam The topic focuses on researching the leadership process of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975
Based on historical methodology, using specialized and interdisciplinary research methods, the topic systemizes and interprets to clarify the guidelines and direction of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975. Thereby, objectively evaluate the leadership process of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975, at the same time, draw some experience valuable in history and reality. Basic content of the thesis topic includes 3 chapters (8 periods)
2. Reasons for choosing the thesis topic
Logistics is an important factor, contributing to the formation and decision of combat power and military victory. Therefore, any class, any state organizing army takes care to build strong and comprehensive logistics force to fulfill all the tasks
In the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country, the Communist Party of Vietnam has not stopped caring build Vietnam People's Army in general and the military logistics force in particular strong in every aspect, outstandingly complete the tasks. The leadership of the Party is the leading factor in deciding the maturity and triumph of the army and military logistics force
The leadership in building the logistics force of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975 is rich and varied, leaving many valuable experiences, need to be studied, summed to inherit in the leadership to build the logistics force in the current period.Inheriting and developing the gained achievements, leadership experiences and historical practice in building the revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually progressive logistics force are a matter of principles.
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With that significance, the fellow selected the topic “Leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975”
as the doctoral thesis in history, specializing in history of the Communist Party of Vietnam
3. Research purpose and task
* Research purpose
Clarify the leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975, draw some experience for reference and applying to build the military logistics force in the construction and protection of the socialist Vietnam Fatherland today
* Research task
Clarify the objective requirements for the leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975
Analyse and interpret to clarify the policy and direct the building logistics force of the Military Party committee in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975.Review and draw some experience from the leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975
4. Research object and scope
* Research object
Leadership activities in building logistics force of the Military Party committee in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975, on two aspects: policy formulation and implementation
* Research scope
Regarding content: focus on researching the policy and the
direction of the Military Party committee in building logistics organization system; developing staff, employees, logistics soldiers; building material
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Regarding space: there are space of standing area and operation of
the agencies, units and establishments under the General Department of Logistics, Division 500 and Division 559 (including the battlefield in the South, North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia battlefield)
Regarding time: from January 1969 to April 1975.
5. Theoretical, practical basis and research method
* Theoretical basis
Research projects on the basis of Marxism Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, the views and lines of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the war and the army, to build the armed forces, directly build the backend, logistics in the people's war of national liberation and national defense
* Practical basis
Practices of the leadership process of the Military Party committee in building logistics force and practices of developing logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975
* Research method
The topic was implemented on the basis of using the specialized methods of historical research, such as the historical method, logical method and the combination of these two methods as essential In addition, use the methods of analysis, synthesis, statistics, comparation, practical review, and expert method to complete the thesis
6. New contribution of the thesis
Codify the policy and direction of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975
Make comments and draw lessons from the leadership process of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975
7. Theoretical, practical meaning
Clarify the correctness and creativity in the leadership of the Military Party committee to build logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975.Provide some scientific arguments and contribute to improving the efficiency of construction management of logistics force to meet the
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The thesis is a reference in researching, teaching history of the Communist Party of Vietnam, history of the logistics sector of Vietnam People's Army at the academy, the school inside and outside the military and so on
8. Structure of the thesis
The thesis structure includes: an introduction, an overview of the research situation related to the topic, 03 chapters (08 periods), conclusion,
a list of the author’s published works relevant to the thesis, reference list and appendices
Thang; "To grasp the Party's viewpoint in logistics" and "Building and fostering a team of resilience, courage and capacity to successfully complete all tasks" of the editorial board of the People’s Army Journal;
"Constantly improve the quality of the logistics" of Tran Tho; "Lesson victory of logistics in war against the American people and the country,"
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1.2. The research works of foreigners
There are many foreign research works related to logistics force
and construction of logistics force, typically of which are: Logistics of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Great Patriotic War of General S. K Curo
cotkin, former Deputy Minister of Defense and Chairman of the General
Department of Logistics in the Soviet Army; Logistics of the Armed Forces formation and development of Golusko; Logistics of the Armed Forces mixture of NATO by A. Lekhin; Report on the war in Viet Nam
by Sharp and Westmoreland; The limits of intervention of T. Hoopes; The Air War in Indochina by Littauer Raphael; Indochina in conflict of J. Zasloff and A. Goopman; The best and the brightest of D. Halberstam; Dynamics of the Viet Nam war, a quantitative analysis and predictive computer simulation of Jeffrey S. Milstein; War in the Shadows of R. B. Asprey; The lessons of Viet Nam by W Scott Thompson and D. Donaldson Fritzelt; The last chopper by Weldon A. Brown; Vain hope, the Economic Consequences grim Realities of the Viet Nam war by Robert Warren Stevens; A soldier reports of W. C. Westmoreland 175]; Brief summary of the Vietnam War by the US Department of Defense Military Library corpus; Looking back at the past the tragedy and the lessons of Vietnam by Robert S.Mc Namara; Anatomy of a war Vietnam America and experience the modern history of Gabriel Kolko; "The
overall vision of logistical military coalition" of R.E. Love and Gary W. Collborne; "The strategy of military logistics Taiwan" by Vuong Me Ha Y; "Awareness of future logistics war 6th generation war" of Balucxpki J.N; "The method of military training, medical staff of the American coalition" of Kranop; "Look at the management of military assets" of N.A. Kriucop; "Some issues of ensuring Russia's military logistics" by Alexander Khramchikhin; "Regarding military logistics reform of the Russian Federation" of Vikton Litovkin
2. Overview of results of related studies and focus on solving problems in the thesis
2.1. Overview results of studies related to the thesis
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and practical summaries are mentioned a fairly deep and comprehensive location, role, functions and tasks of logistics to ensure for war
Secondly, the study mentioned in the situation of logistics in the
resistance war against American invasion to protect the country, propose orientations and major measures to improve quality and efficiency to meet the requirements of logistics material security techniques for the military, the Armed Forces building and fought victory
Thirdly, a number of research projects were summarized and
evaluated the results, the cause of logistics ensure military and the Armed Forces in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country with statements and data rich system, thereby has drawn some experience with great reference value
Fourthly, many studies mention building requirements of logistics
force, situation of logistics force through the stages of the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country; simultaneously, suggest some constructive solutions of logistics force to meet mission requirements. Some work has also assessed the results build logistics force
in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country and pointed out the cause of these results
Fifthly, the study involved have confirmed that the correct
leadership of the Party is the leading factor in deciding the maturity and triumph of Army Logistics sector, of logistics force. However, the work does not have to examine a systematic way on the policy and the direction
of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975.Thus, the research work related to the thesis very rich and diverse. Those are precious document, authors can refer inherited during construction and finishing thesis
2.2. The issues focused on solving in the thesis
Based on the review of relevant studies, the author determined the
thesis Leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to 1975 focus on basic issues as follows:
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Analysis, interpretation clarifies soundness, innovation policy and direction of the Military Party committee in building logistics force to meet the mission requirements warrant of logistics for war
Reviews and draw some experience from the leadership of the Military Party committee in building logistics force in the resistance war against American invasion to protect the country from 1969 to
1975 reference value, applied in leadership to build logistics force in the current period
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1.1. Objective requirements in building military logistics force
1.1.1. Position and role of military logistics force
Logistics forces have an enormous role in shaping and decisive combat power, military victory. This big role is expressed as below:
Firstly, logistics force is part of the People's Army of Vietnam,
contributing directly form of military power
Secondly, direct logistics force organized and successful
implementation of military logistics a face of military activities, elements and decisions combat power and military victory
1.1.2. Situation of Vietnam revolution after the general offensive and uprising in 1968
Conspiracy, new tricks of American imperialism and the Saigon regime
Significant victory of military strategy and people of Vietnam in general offensive and uprising Tet 1968, forcing US imperialism to shift war strategy, constantly bombarding North, perform "nonAmericanized" and "Vietnamize the war" in the South, to withdraw US troops, but remained south of colonialism orbit of them
Nichxon maximum use of the military power of the United States, combined with political expediency, diplomatic cunning, trying to gain strength, to isolate and stifle the resistance of the people of Vietnam. Although Vietnam has caused difficulties, held enormous losses, but American imperialism still fails the basic requirement of "Vietnamize the war", increasingly fall into that however, passive, hard, downward. The advance of military strategy and people in the South in 1972 broke out,
US passive, to take air and naval raiding fierce in the south and reopen the destructive war in the north; culminating in an ambush strategy by B52 air raiding destructive nature Hanoi, Haiphong and other places
The transformation of Vietnam's revolution after the general offensive and uprising in 1968
After the war the first destructive of American imperialism, the North tried to overcome the consequences of war, restore production
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On the southern battlefield, American imperialism and the Saigon government strengthen sweep operation and encroachment. Along with the US military operations and the Saigon government used many wicked tricks to dismantle economic and logistical infrastructure of Vietnam. Thus liberated areas in southern shrunk, lost the pedal and place magnets, key military Southern border was pushed to take Cambodia; rear base and Vietnam logistics base on the southern battlefield serious losses. Loss of population, loss of land, loss of premises, and logistics at all levels does not guarantee the Armed Forces
1.1.3. Status of military logistics force in early 1969
By early 1969 logistics force has constantly grown both in quantity and quality to meet the requirements of increasing the task of ensuring the logistics for the army, for the Armed Forces building and combat mature victory. However, logistics force still reveal many weaknesses concerning the organization of force; the level of officials, employees and soldiers; quality and quantity of material and technical base of the logistics of all kinds therefore continue to build, regulate logistics force is an important issue and urgent
1.2. The policy to build logistics force of the Military Party Committee
1.2.1. The goal and motto to build logistics force
Regarding the goal of building the logistics force is: constantly
improve logistics force comprehensive strength, ensuring consistent forces with military duty status, in accordance with the requirements of warfare
on the battlefield, balanced and synchronized with fighting strength and high work, ensuring that the Armed Forces in the south fought decision win, ensuring that the Northern Armed Forces fulfill tasks, and prepare the facilitate longterm development and are willing to deal with all situations occur
Regarding the motto of building logistics force during this period
continue to persist in implementing the guideline build logistics force revolutionary advance of formal and modern have been identified since the beginning of the in the resistance war against American invasion to protect
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Sixthly, industry, thrift and selfreliance in building logistics force 1.2.3. Tasks and solutions to build logistics force
Firstly, well conduct the Party building work in logistics force.
Stepping up the campaign to improve the quality of party members and party members admitted to Ho Chi Minh class; construction of the cells (cell commission), strong party secretary often. At the same time, to strengthen the leadership and direction to build and consolidate the mass organizations strong and clean
Secondly, regular good conduct political education, ideological leadership cadres, workers and soldiers logistics levels. Must promote the
synergy of all organizations, all forces, carried out in various forms in flexible and innovative; close cooperation between general education and private education, continuing education and open learning phase of the focus and consistency. At the same time, to strengthen the management and inspection firm grasp ideological movements of officers and soldiers, logistics staff at all levels, timely prevent and resolutely overcome negative thoughts expressed, wrong
Third, improve quality, and actively resolve reasonable quantities
to build staff, logistics staff with the qualifications and capabilities to meet new mission requirements To make good content, need to master and
perform fine stitching centers most important is training and retraining improve staff quality, and actively adjust staff numbers appropriate to the situation each.
Fourthly, reorganization, staffing agency system, unit, making logistical infrastructure organized forces in a clean and strong. So, it’s
neccessary to focus redress bodies logistics system; school system; system
Trang 11Fifthly, to promote the management, strive to build and develop the weapons, equipment, material and technical military logistics. To create a
fundamental change in the preservation and use; reorganizing the management of the grant. To provide good repair and manufacture, for repair, improvement is the key; continue to promote research and development of science and technology to enhance ownership, production, improvement of weapons and equipment to meet the requirements of war. Striven to labor and production and practice thrift; organizations receive and use efficiently all material and technical base of military aid by countries.1.3 Direction of the Military Party committee in building logistics force
1.3.1. Direction to build organizational system of agencies, units and logistics facilities
Build the party organization and the mass organization strong.
Implementing good content: organizational conduct of the local congress and according periodic basis; proceed to build the party, the Party branch
as required 4 Good; construction and development, fostering and training
a team of highquality party members, the number of frozen, solid leadership ability, good performance "The campaign of raising the quality
of party members and party members admitted to Ho Chi Minh class"; focus on steering to build grassroots organizations, the youth branch associated expenditure unions, trade unions, women's facility in the military logistics excellent robustness
Construct and strengthen political logistical institutions at all levels. Party, commander of the General Department of Logistics had
many measures to strengthen and consolidate the quality improvement system of political bodies such as arranging to organize political agency staffing levels; the strength training and retraining improve the quality of political staff, improve political work for the officials in charge, professional and technical staff; Authorities issued, tasks, work mode
Develop and consolidate command apparatus, reorganization staffing agencies, units and logistics base at all levels.
Focus on consolidating leadership of the General Department of Logistics; to strengthen the organization, personnel transport strategy
Trang 12forces Regiment 500 and Division 559 and Transport Department. Organizations adjust and established several new offices, schools such as Engineering Department of Personnel and Administrative moved into the Military Technical Institute of JGS; Transfer Logistics Officers, Military Medical University, School of Foreign Language Cultural of the General Department of Logistics to the Ministry of Defence (MOD); The Department of Finance and Personnel and Administrative transferred from the Ministry of Defense; established enterprise management School of Management I and II enterprise, under the General Department of Logistics; Established missions online of the General Department of Logistics; establishment of representative of the General Department of Logistics at Street 7.
Before acting US war escalation (5/1972), Ministry of Defense, Personnel and Administrative urgently focused direction moving all operations to wartime Deploying evacuation plans, dispersion and promote non, decoy protection. Organizing and arranging standing leg of the transport unit and construction organizations T72A and T72B pipeline
to create a network of receiving, transporting gasoline continuous combat accommodate and assist the battlefield economic security for the people
1.3.2. Direction to build logistics officer and employee staff Conduct well the political and ideological cadres, workers and soldiers logistics at all levels. Conducting good political education and
promote the movement makes all officials and employees and soldiers logistics firm political always thought, absolute confidence in the leadership of the Party, have determined to fight high, good sense of discipline, courage, tenacity, cunning, creativity, unmanaged sacrifice, not afraid of hardship overcome all difficulties to fulfill all tasks
Improve the quality of the staff and employees at all levels.
Stepping up the campaign to train and foster personnel 4 good and do well
in training and retraining both inschool and to constantly improve the comprehensive quality of the staff, logistics staff range meet new mission requirements
Solve reasonably number of staff, logistics staff at all levels.
Calculate payroll and planning officials, staff of the department, agencies and schools; adjusted resolutely cases of improper use, improper trades to
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Strengthen strict management facility, supplies and logistics equipment. Rectifying the management, especially technical materials,
supplies grasp the situation, creating reserves of some commodities mainly for the following year. At the same time, through managing detect problems in policy omission, plans, phased management of supplies into order. Financial activities must implement recovery, reduce expenditures; focus spending on the core business, resolutely not spent on things not needed
Boosting applied research and technological development to improve productivity, quality manufacturing, repair and renovation of weapons, equipment, supplies and logistics of all kinds of goods. The
studies have focused on: improvement and production of weapons and ammunition are needed for combat; vehicles, tools bombs, road and transportation; types of ammunition and spare parts and tools required for the preservation and repair; substitute materials, architectural materials, medicine East, South; treatment, prevention, Perform extensive product mode and bonus wage increase productivity; reorganize the service mode, ensuring labor safety, improvement in manufacturing activity. Specify production processes and repair and application of production methods, advanced repair to boost productivity and quality
Promote increased production, selfsufficiency and practice thrift; Maximum enlist the aid of weapons, equipment, material and technical of fraternal countries. Boosting production increase in two forms and in
service focused, while seeking and consuming processed timely results are increased. Along with production increase selfsufficiency must strive to save, best avoid waste. The practice of saving should firmly grasp and make good content: a good use human power; use and protect good base, material logistics, engineering At the same time, very enlist and effective use of aid from brotherly countries
Conclusion of chapter 1Logistics force large role contributing to the formation and decision combat power and military victory. Recognizing the tremendous role of
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