@inbook{10.7249/mg1086dod.14,
 ISBN = {9780833058157},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg1086dod.14},
 abstract = {This chapter describes key elements of the Vietnam-era assessment process, examines the use and misuse of data in the resulting assessments and in policy decisionmaking, and ties this historical example to contemporary centralized assessment. It begins with an explanation of the assessment processes used during the Vietnam War era and then explores the details of assessment requirements, assessment methods, field collection, and reporting. The intention is to show how assessments and assessment data were used in the military and civilian strategic decisionmaking processes of the period and why lessons from Vietnam are relevant to Iraq and Afghanistan. Assessment efforts in},
 bookauthor = {BEN CONNABLE},
 booktitle = {Embracing the Fog of War: Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency},
 pages = {95--152},
 publisher = {RAND Corporation},
 title = {Vietnam-Era Assessment},
 year = {2012}
}