From the ashes of the phoenix lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency operations for five years during the vietnam war as part of its counterinsurgency strategy the united states executed an attack codenamed the phoenix program against the viet cong infrastructure vci. Download citation from the ashes of the phoenix lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency operations for five years during the vietnam war as part of its counterinsurgency strategy the . For five years during the vietnam war as part of its counterinsurgency strategy the united states executed an attack code named the phoenix program against the viet cong infrastructure vci the vci were the estimated 100000 clandestine operatives living within south vietnamese society that supported the viet cong and north vietnamese units in the field. From the ashes of the phoenix lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency operations by lieutenant colonel ken tovo united states army colonel ret robert coon project advisor this srp is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the master of strategic studies degree the us army war college is accredited by the commission on higher education of the middle states association . From the ashes of the phoenix lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency operations kindle edition by tovo ltc ken download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading from the ashes of the phoenix lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency operations