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Terrorist incident reporting system
- Title
- Terrorist incident reporting system [electronic resource].
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C. : United States, Dept. of Defense, 1974?]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- United States. Dept. of Defense. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021946
- Summary
- TIRSA contains data collected for each incident of violence initiated by the Viet Cong against the civilian population of South Vietnam for the period October 1967 through February 1973. Created by the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), TIRSA provided the Department of Defense (DOD) detailed data on terrorist activities, which comprised a major feature of the Vietnam War, involving incidents of terrorism or harassment against isolated posts by small units not engaging in conventional fire fights. The file reveals targets and patterns of terrorist activity. Used in conjunction with other Vietnam files, such as the Hamlet Evaluation System (HFS) and the Pacification Attitude Analysis System (PAAS), TIRSA can facilitate analysis of the effect of counterinsurgency on the Vietnam War. There is one TIRSA record for each incident of violence. Each record consists of a Control Set, a Fixed Set, and one or two Periodic Sets. Each Control Set contains record identification data that includes a reporting date and incident number. Records are arranged chronologically according to this date and number. Each Fixed Set identifies the geographic location and time of the incident, and the estimated size of the terrorist force. Each Periodic Set contains the method of the terrorist attack (such as gunfire or booby trap), the action (such as assassination or harassment), the objective (such as government official or school teacher), and the number of persons or amount of property affected. The documentation for TIRSA consists of Reformat Notes describing changes made in the structure of each record, Coding Sheets/Data Field Descriptions providing information on use of the file, a Record Layout, Notes to the Codes providing necessary reference citations, a Note on District, Village, and Hamlet Codes, and portions of the computer printout. All National Archives- created materials are on National Archives stationary.
- Alternative Title
- TIRSA October 1967-February 1973
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from Princeton University's Data and Statistical Services website (viewed on Nov. 22, 2010).
- Data accessible via the Data and Statistical Services (DSS) website.
- Access (note)
- Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Documentation (note)
- Accompanied by a printed codebook.
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library