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2. Autobiographical Material
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Galbraith, John Kenneth. Ambassador’s Journal: A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.
_____. A Life in Our Times: Memoirs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
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Lansdale, Edward Geary. In the Midst of Wars: An American’s Mission to Southeast Asia. New York: Harper and Row, 1972.
Nolting, Frederick. From Trust to Tragedy: The Political Memoirs of Frederick Nolting, Kennedy’s Ambassador to Diem’s Vietnam. New York: Praeger, 1988.
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3. Biographical Material
Abramson, Rudy. Spanning the Century: The Life of W. Averell Harriman, 1891—1986. New York: William Morrow, 1992.
Anderson, David L., ed. Shadow on the White House: Presidents and the Vietnam War, 1945—1975. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993.
Anderson, Joseph J. Trapped by Success: The Eisenhower Administration and Vietnam, 1953—1961. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
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Bouscaren, Anthony Trawick. The Last of the Mandarins: Diem of Vietnam. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1965.
Colvin, John. Giap: Volcano under the Snow. New York: Soho Press, 1996.
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Douglas, William O. North from Malaya. New York: Doubleday, 1953.
Isaacson, Walter, and Evan Thomas. The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made; Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.
Macdonald, Peter. Giap: The Victor in Vietnam. New York: W. W. Norton, 1993.
Nolting, Frederick E. “The Papers of Frederick (Fritz) Ernest Nolting Jr.: Personal Papers and Diaries”. Accession 12804. Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Salinger, Pierre. With Kennedy. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966.
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
_____. Robert Kennedy and His Times. Vol. 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
Schoenbaum, Thomas J. Waging Peace and War: Dean Rusk in the Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson Years. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
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4. Field Experience and Expertise
Andrews, William R. The Village War: Vietnamese Communist Revolutionary Activities in Dinh Tuong Province, 1960—1964. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1973.
Burchett, Wilfred. The Furtive War: The United States in Vietnam and Laos. New York: International Publishers, 1963.
_____. Grasshoppers and Elephants: Why Viet Nam Fell. New York: Urizen Books, 1977.
_____. The Second Indochina War: Cambodia and Laos. New York: International Publishers, 1970.
_____. Vietnam: Inside Story of the Guerrilla War. New York: International Publishers, 1965.
Colby, William E. Lost Victory: A Firsthand Account of America’s Sixteen-Year Involvement in Vietnam. With James McCargar. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1989.
Dallin, Alexander, and George W. Breslauer. Political Terror in Communist Systems. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1970.
Dai, Ho Son and Tran Phan Chan. Lich Su Saigon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh Khan Chien, 1945—1975. Ho Chi Minh City: Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House, 1994.
Davison, W. P. Some Observations on Viet Cong Operations in the Villages. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, 1967.
Fall, Bernard B. Last Reflections on a War: Bernard B. Fall’s Last Comments on Vietnam. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1967.
Gheddo, Piero. The Cross and the Bo-Tree: Catholics and Buddhists in Vietnam. Translated by Charles Underhill Quinn. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1970.
Giap, Vo Nguyen. Banner of People’s War, the Party’s Military Line. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1970.
_____. “Big Victory, Great Task”: North Viet-Nam’s Minister of Defense Assesses the Course of the War. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1968.
_____. People’s War, People’s Army: The Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped Countries. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1962.
_____. Unforgettable Days. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1975.
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Gravel, Mike, ed. The Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of United States Decisionmaking on Vietnam. Vols. 1-3. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
Hammer, Ellen J. A Death in November: America in Vietnam, 1963. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987.
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Maneli, Mieczyslaw. War of the Vanquished. Translated by Maria de Görgey. New York: Harper and Row, 1971.
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_____. History of Vietnamese Communism, 1925—1976. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1978.
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_____. No Exit from Vietnam. Updated ed. New York: David McKay, 1970.
_____. Peace Is Not at Hand. London: Chatto and Windus, 1974.
Thornton, Thomas Perry. “Terror as a Weapon of Political Agitation”. In Internal War: Problems and Approaches, edited by Harry Eckstein. New York: Free Press, 1968.
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5. Oral Histories
Carver, George A., Jr. “An Unheeded Firebell: The November 1960 Coup Attempt”. In Kennedy in Vietnam, by William J. Rust and the editors of U.S. News Books. New York: Scribner, 1985.
Colby, William E. Interview by Michael Charlton in “The New Frontiersmen Hold the Line”, program 4 of Many Reasons Why: The American Involvement in Vietnam. Transcript. British Broadcasting Corporation, 1977.
_____. Interview by Ted Gittinger, June 2, 1981, Washington, D.C. Interview 1. Transcript. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Oral History Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
_____. Interview by Ted Gittinger, March 1, 1982, Washington, D.C. Interview 2. Transcript. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Oral History Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
_____. Speech to the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, in Diplomacy, Administration and Policy: The Ideas and Careers of Frederick E. Nolting, Jr., Frederick C. Mosher, and Paul T. David, edited by Kenneth W. Thompson. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1995.
Harriman, W. Averell. Interview by Michael V. Forrestal, April 13, 1964, Hobe Sound, Fla. Interview 1. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
_____. Interview by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., January 17, 1965, Washington, D.C. Interview 2. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
Hilsman, Roger. Interview by Dennis J. O’Brien, August 14, 1970, Hamburg Cove, Lyme, Conn. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
Johnson, Lyndon B., “Johnson Conversation with Eugene McCarthy”, February 1, 1966, tape WH6602.01, conversation 9601. Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson. Charlottesville, Va: Miller Center, University of Virginia. http://millercenter.org/presidentialrecordings/lbj-wh6602.01-9601.
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Kennedy, Robert F. Interview by John Bartlow Martin, April 30, 1964, n.p. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
Khanh, Nguyen. Interview by Geoffrey D. T. Shaw, June 16, 1994, United States Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Transcript. Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex., and the United States Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
Miller, Anne. “And One for the People: The Life Story of President Ngo Dinh Diem”. Unpublished manuscript, July 30, 1965. Microfilm, Indochina Studies Archive at the University of California at Berkeley.
Nolting, Frederick E. Interview by Joseph E. O’Connor, May 14, 1966, Paris. Interview 1. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
_____. Interview by Dennis O’Brien, May 6, 1970, New York. Interview 2. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
_____. Interview by Dennis O’Brien, May 7, 1970, Washington, D.C. Interview 3. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
_____. “The Origin and Development of United States Commitment in Vietnam”. Lecture, April 2, 1968. Transcript. John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston.
Nolting, Lindsay. Interviews by Geoffrey D. T. Shaw, January 29, 1998; February 3, 1999; February 4, 1999.
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Rusk, Dean. Interview by Paige E. Mulhollan, July 28, 1969, n.p. Interview 1. Transcript. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Oral History Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
_____. Interview by Paige E. Mulhollan, September 26, 1969, n.p. Interview 2. Transcript. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Oral History Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
_____. Interview by Paige E. Mulhollan, January 2, 1970, n.p. Interview 3. Transcript. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Oral History Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
_____. Interview by Paige E. Mulhollan, March 8, 1970, n.p. Interview 4. Transcript. Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Oral History Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
Streeb, Kent M. “A Fragmented Effort: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States Military and State Department and the Strategic Hamlet Program of 1961—1963”. Paper, George Mason University, December 10, 1994. Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex.
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6. Periodicals
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_____. “Monk Suicide by Fire in Anti-Diem Protest”, New York Times, June 11, 1963, 6.
_____. “Newsmen Beaten by Saigon Police: 6th Buddhist Burns Himself to Death—Crisis Grows”. New York Times, October 6, 1963, 20.
_____. “Priest Forecasts Red Gains in Asia: A Roman Catholic Missionary Predicted Last Week That Laos, Cambodia and Thailand Would Be Communist-Dominated within Ten to Twenty Years”. New York Times, May 6, 1962, 27.
_____. “Rebels Capture Laotian Center: Pro-Communist Forces Have Captured Nam Tha”. New York Times, May 7, 1962, 1, 13.
_____. “Red Chinese Raid in Laos Affirmed: U.S. Aides Back Charges of Peiping Role in Drive That Captured Border Town”. New York Times, May 6, 1962, 1, 28.
_____. “Reds Widen Gains: Push to Thai Border Seen as Peril to Capitals”. New York Times, May 12, 1962, 1, 2.
_____. “Rightists in Laos Repel Red Drive: Call Leftists’ Losses Heavy at Town in South as Fight among Factions Spreads”. New York Times, June 14, 1963, 1, 10.
_____. “Troops and Tanks Quell Buddhist Riots in Saigon”. New York Times, June 17, 1963, 1, 4.
Bigart, Homer. “Delays in Saigon Harass Newsmen: Anti-Press Campaign Seen—Flights Are Curbed”. New York Times, May 7, 1962, 6.
_____. “McNamara Asks Vietnam Chief to Alter Tactics in Struggle: U.S. Is Showing Impatience over Lag on Mekong Delta Pacification Plan—American Pilot Wounded”. New York Times, May 11, 1962, 7.
_____. “McNamara Backs Role in Vietnam: Says in Saigon U.S. Plans to Send No Combat Men”. New York Times, May 10, 1962, 7.
_____. “McNamara Terms Saigon Aid Ample: Says It Is at Peak and Will Level Off—Diem’s Fight against Reds Hailed”. New York Times, May 12, 1962, 1, 2.
Billings-Yun, Melanie. “Ike and Vietnam”. History Today 38 (November 1988): 13-19.
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Feron, James. “Britain Assails Soviet Account of How Laos Peace Broke Down”. New York Times, June 22, 1963, 6.
Frankel, Max. “U.S. Shifting Laos Policy, Writes Off Routed Army; Plans Asian Fleet Moves: Accord Is Sought, Kennedy Acts to Force Rightists to Join a 3-Faction Regime”. New York Times, May 12, 1963, 1, 2.
_____. “U.S. Warns South Vietnam on Demands of Buddhists: Diem Is Told He Faces Censure If He Fails to Satisfy Religious Grievances, Many of Which Are Called Just”. New York Times, June 14, 1963, 1, 10.
_____. “Vietnam’s ‘Untidy’ War: Washington Is Unhappy with Saigon, But Thinks That Support Is Necessary”. New York Times, July 3, 1963, 8.
_____. “Violence in Saigon Renews U.S. Debate on Vietnam Policy”. New York Times, October 7, 1963, 1, 2.
Halberstam, David. “Americans Vexed by Inability to Act in Vietnam Dispute”. New York Times, June 10, 1963, 1, 6.
_____. “Saigon Buddhists Clash with Police”. New York Times, June 16, 1963, 1, 18.
_____. “Diem Asks Peace in Religion Crisis: But Buddhists Still Protest—Dispute Seems Worse”. New York Times, June 12, 1963, 3.
______. “Discontent Rises in Vietnam Crisis: Regime Losing Ground over Treatment of Buddhists”. New York Times, June 22, 1963, 6.
_____. “Harkins Praises Vietnam Troops: Defends Soldiers’ Courage against U.S. Criticism”. New York Times, January 11, 1963, 3.
_____. “Lodge Deplores Mrs. Nhu’s View of U.S. Officers: Calls Disparagement Cruel and Shocking—She Denies Slur Attributed to Her”. New York Times, September 27, 1963, 1, 2.
_____. “Motley U.S. Force Blocks Vietcong: Helps Trap 32 in Flight to Raise Costs of Defeat”. New York Times, January 5, 1963, 2.
______. “Saigon Arrests 800 Teen-Agers Staging Protest”. New York Times, September 8, 1963, 1, 3.
_____. “Saigon Forces Seize 1,000 More in School Battle”. New York Times, September 10, 1963, 1, 3.
______. “Some of U.S. Aid to Saigon Halted; Policy Reviewed; Washington Feels Vietnam May Be Easier to Guide if Funds Run Out $10 Million Reduction Ban on Commercial Exports Followed August Attacks on Buddhist Pagodas”. New York Times, October 8, 1963, 1, 18.
______. “Some U.S. Officials in Saigon Dubious about Diem Regime”. New York Times, July 3, 1963, 1, 8.
_____. “Two U.S. Officials Arrive in Saigon: McNamara and Taylor Will Study War with Reds”. New York Times, September 25, 1963, 3.
_____. “U.N. Mission Sees Jailed Buddhists: It Questions 6 in Inquiry into Saigon’s Policies”. New York Times, October 30, 1963, 11.
______. “U.N. Team, in Vietnam, Pledges Impartiality in Buddhist Inquiry”. New York Times, October 24, 1963, 8.
_____. “U.N. Team Visits Pagoda in Saigon: Only 2 Monks at Protest Center—Kennedy Sends Cool Message to Diem”. New York Times, October 26, 1963, 1, 8.
_____. “U.S. Avoids Part in Saigon Dispute: Tells Its Troops Not to Help Stop Buddhist Protests”. New York Times, June 11, 1963, 3.
_____. “U.S. Starts Study in South Vietnam: McNamara Aide Says War on Reds Is Going Better”. New York Times, September 26, 1963, 13.
_____. “Vietcong Downs Five U.S. Copters, Hits Nine Others: Defeat Worst since Build-Up Began—Three Americans Killed in Vietnam”. New York Times, January 3, 1963, 1 2.
_____. “Vietnam Adopts New War Method: Communist Blunder Shows Effectiveness of Patrols”. New York Times, January 9, 1963, 3.
_____. “Vietnam Defeat Shocks U.S. Aides: Saigon’s Rejection of Advice Blamed for Setback”. New York Times, January 7, 1963, 2.
_____. “Vietnamese Reds Win Major Clash: Inflict 100 Casualties in Fighting Larger Force”. New York Times, January 4, 1963, 2.
_____. “Vietnam Says U.S. Aided ‘60 Revolt: 19 Go on Trial for Uprising—Charges Considered Warning to Americans”. New York Times, July 6, 1963, 1, 8.
Kenworthy, E. W. “President Scores Pro-Reds in Laos for Truce Breach”. New York Times, May 10, 1962, 1, 5.
_____. “U.S. Asks Inquiry into Laos Attack as Truce Breach”. New York Times, May 8, 1962, 1, 17.
King, Seth S. “U.N.’s Itinerary in Use in Saigon: Guidance by Regime Ends—Buddhist Is Suicide”. New York Times, October 28, 1963, 12.
_____. “Vietnam Presses Hamlet Program: Shelters against Vietcong Vary in Effectiveness”. New York Times, October 26, 1963, 8.
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_____. “Fact-Finder in Vietnam: Abdul Rahman Pazhwak”. Special ed., New York Times, October 28, 1963, 12.
_____. “Laos, Long Ruled by Outsiders, Now Torn by Internal Conflict: Neutralists, Communists and Pro-Reds Have Struggled for Power since the End of French Rule in 1949”. New York Times, May 12, 1962, 2.
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_____. “Nhu Asserts Saigon’s Struggle Forced Him into Political Role”. Special ed., New York Times, September 25, 1963, 3.
_____. “Texts of Letters by Thant and Diem”. Special ed., New York Times, September 25, 1963, 3.
_____. “U.N. Team Visits Camp in Vietnam: Interviews Students Seized in Buddhist Disorders”. Special ed., New York Times, October 29, 1963, 7.
_____. “Vietcong Battered By Vietnam Troops”. Special ed., New York Times, September 10, 1963, 1, 2.
_____. “Visa to Mrs. Nhu Is under Inquiry: Diplomatic Nature of Permit Questioned by Rep. Hayes”. Special ed., New York Times, October 9, 1963, 10.
_____. “What’s Wrong in Vietnam?” Special ed., New York Times, January 15, 1963, 6.
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