Stephen Young served with the CORDS program in the Republic of Vietnam from 1967 to 1971 as a Deputy District Advisor in Vinh Long province and as Chief, Village Government Branch. Young's service with CORDS was recognized by President Richard Nixon, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, and CIA Director William Colby. A fluent speaker of Vietnamese he has written on human rights in traditional Vietnam, Vietnamese legal history, Vietnamese nationalism, and with his wife translated Duong Thu Huong's novel The Zenith into English. Young is a graduate with honors of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He is a former Assistant Dean of the Harvard Law School and Dean and Professor of Law at the Hamline University School of Law. He is Global Executive Director of the Caux Round Table and the author of Moral Capitalism and The Road to Moral Capitalism.

• Forward: Associative Power and American National Security, John R. AllenIntroductory Thoughts: Associative Power and Strategic National Intelligence Capabilities, David Durenberger Preface, Stephen B. YoungChapter One: ASSOCIATIVE POWER: Holding the CenterChapter Two: The Origins of CORDSChapter Three: Vietnamese NationalismChapter Four: Getting the Right Context in PlaceChapter Five: CORDS Gets Its OpportunityChapter Six: CORDS Version 1.0Chapter Seven: The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country: Phase 1—1969Chapter Eight: The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country: Phase 2—1970/1971Chapter Nine: CORDS Version 2.0—1971 Pacification and Development PlanChapter Ten: South Vietnam Holds Off an Onslaught Chapter Eleven: A Vietnamese VillageChapter Twelve: Iraq: An Episode of Amateur (and Feckless) Colonial PretensionChapter Thirteen: Afghanistan: A Kabul-Centric QuagmireChapter Fourteen: Securing the American Future through Associative PowerAfterword: A Perso

Stephen Young served with the CORDS program in the Republic of Vietnam from 1967 to 1971 as a Deputy District Advisor in Vinh Long province and as Chief, Village Government Branch. Young's service with CORDS was recognized by President Richard Nixon, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, and CIA Director William Colby. A fluent speaker of Vietnamese he has written on human rights in traditional Vietnam, Vietnamese legal history, Vietnamese nationalism, and with his wife translated Duong Thu Huong's novel The Zenith into English. Young is a graduate with honors of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He is a former Assistant Dean of the Harvard Law School and Dean and Professor of Law at the Hamline University School of Law. He is Global Executive Director of the Caux Round Table and the author of Moral Capitalism and The Road to Moral Capitalism.

• Forward: Associative Power and American National Security, John R. AllenIntroductory Thoughts: Associative Power and Strategic National Intelligence Capabilities, David Durenberger Preface, Stephen B. YoungChapter One: ASSOCIATIVE POWER: Holding the CenterChapter Two: The Origins of CORDSChapter Three: Vietnamese NationalismChapter Four: Getting the Right Context in PlaceChapter Five: CORDS Gets Its OpportunityChapter Six: CORDS Version 1.0Chapter Seven: The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country: Phase 1—1969Chapter Eight: The South Vietnamese Nationalists Save Their Country: Phase 2—1970/1971Chapter Nine: CORDS Version 2.0—1971 Pacification and Development PlanChapter Ten: South Vietnam Holds Off an Onslaught Chapter Eleven: A Vietnamese VillageChapter Twelve: Iraq: An Episode of Amateur (and Feckless) Colonial PretensionChapter Thirteen: Afghanistan: A Kabul-Centric QuagmireChapter Fourteen: Securing the American Future through Associative PowerAfterword: A Perso