Abrams, Gen. Creighton W.
Acheson, Dean
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Afghanistan
Africa, outlook for
Agent Orange
Agnelli, Giovanni
Agriculture
Agrovilles
Ahn Lac Air Base
Air America
Air Re-supply and Communications
Allen, George V.
Ambrose, Dr. Stephen E.
American Airlines
American Legion
American Medical Association
Ammunition, coup role of
Anloa Valley
Anson, Robert Sam
Antarctica
Apollo program
Arzu, Roberto Alejo
Ash, Roy L.
Assassination, CIA policy oncommon techniques in; and FDR. See also Kennedy (John) assassination
Assassination manuals
Associated Press
Atomic bomb, development ofand Japan. See also Hydrogen bomb; Nuclear weapons
Auchincloss, Ken
Aurell, George
Baldwin, Hansen W.
Ball, George
Bao Dai
Bankers
Bannister, Guy
Barber, James David
Barrientos Ortano, Gen. René
Bay of Pigs operationexecution offailure analyzed Kennedy reaction to planning of
Bell Helicopter
Bingham, John A.
Bishop, Jim
Bissell, Richard
Black budgets
Blackburn, Alfred W.
“Block” system
Bodin, Jean
Boeing Aircraft Company
Boggs, Hale
Bolivia, coup in
Bombing, impact of
Book of the Film, The (Stone)
Boston Globe
Bow and arrow
British Broadcasting Company
Brown, Clarence
Buddhists
Budgets, defenseand Eisenhower administrationmilitaryand Third Worldof Vietnam War
Bundy, Bill
Bundy, McGeorgeand Bay of Pigsand NSAM’s
Burke, Adm. Arleigh A.
Bush administration
Cabell, Gen. Charles
Cabell, Earle
Cairo conference
California Standard Oil Company
Cambodia
Camelot
Cameron, Allan W.
Camp Peary
Cam Ranh Bay
Can Loa
Caravelle Group
Carr, Waggoner
Casey, William
Castro, FidelSee also Bay of Pigs operation
Catholics, relocation of. See also Tonkinese refugees
Central Intelligence Agency. See CIA
Central Intelligence Group (CIG)
Chiang Kai-shekand Tehran conference
Chiang Kai-shek, Madame
Chicago Daily News
Chile
China, and Tehran conference
Chineseand Vietnam war See also Tonkinese refugees
Christchurch Star
Churchill, Winston and iron curtain
CIA, and assassinationsand Bay of Pigsand Bolivian coup and businesscombat activity ofcontrol of and covert operationscreation ofCuban-exile program ofand Diemand Dien Bien Phuand economic warfare economics division of and franchise holders and French-Indochina War funding ofgrowth ofand helicoptersinternational reputation ofJohnson changes in and Korean airliner incidentand Kennedy Vietnam policyand Laos laws governingand McCone appointmentand military-politics relationship and paramilitary forcesand Pentagon Papersand Phoenix Programpolitical immunity of and project sizereason for roles ofand Nazis and NSAM’s and Saigon Military Mission and secrecyand Special Forcesand U-2 incident and Vietnam-war Americanization See also individual names and subjects; Vietnam war
CINCPAC
Citizens’ Retraining Camps
Civil Affairs and Military Government
Civil Air Transport (CAT), and helicopters and Tonkinese refugees
Civil Guard
Clifford, Clark
Cline, Ray
Cochin China
Colby, William
Cold War, cost ofand enemiesinitial planning ofand NSAM’s origins of purposes of
Colson, Charles
Combat Development Test Center (CDTC)
Communications, and national sovereignty
Communism, as enemy. See also Cold War
Conein, Lucien
C–123 cargo plane
Congress, U.S., and Southeast Asia Resolution
Congressional Record
Conspiraciesproving of
Cooper, Sen. John Sherman
Cornwell-Thompson Company
Corporate socialism
Counsel to the President (Clifford)
Counterinsurgency
Coups d’etat, CIA methods inand franchise holders
Covert operations
CRAF (Civil Reserve Air Fleet)
Craig, Walter E.
Critical Path (Fuller)
Cronkite, Walter
Crusade for Peace
Cuban exilesSee also Bay of Pigs operation
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Study Group
Curry, Cecil B.
Dalai Lama
Dallas Police Department
Darwin, Charles
Dayan, Gen. Moshe
Debates
Decker, Gen. George
Declaration of Independence (Vietnam)
“Deep Water,”
Defense Departmentand CIA
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Defoliation, impact ofinitial use of
Democracy in America (de Tocqueville)
Democratic Republic of Vietnam. See North Vietnam
Denning, Lord
Desert Storm. See Gulf War
de Silvo, Peer
de Tocqueville, Alexis
de Varona, Manuel Antonio
Diem, Ngo Dinh. See Ngo Dinh Diem
Dien Bien Phu
Domino theory
Don, Tran Van
Dornberger, Walter
Douglas, James
Douglas, William O.
Dulles, Allen and Bay of Pigs and Cuban Strategy Groupdismissal of influence ofand Nazisand U–2 incidentand Warren Commission
Dulles, John Fosterand Dien Bien Phuinfluence ofand Korean Waron Tonkinese refugeeson Vietnam
Duong Van “Big” Minh
East India Company
Edward Lansdale (Curry), 6566
Egypt
Eglin Air Force Base
Eisenhower, Dwight D. CIA policy of Cuban policy ofand Khrushchevon Laosand national sovereigntyand nuclear weapons on Tonkinese refugeesand U–2 incidenton Vietnam war
Elections, 1960in South Vietnam
Ellsberg, Daniel
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Enemy, defining ofidentification of role of
Energy crisis, and power elite
English Language Center (DOP)
Erskine, Gen. Graves B.
Everest, Gen. Frank
Extended Arms for Brotherhood
Fair Play for Cuba Committee
Family Story, The (Lord Denning)
FBI, and Kennedy assassination
Felt, Adm. Harry
First National Bank of Boston
First to Fight (Krulak)
Fishel, Wesley
Fitzgerald, Desmond
“Five Fingers” System
5412/2 Committee
Ford, Gerald R.and Kennedy assassination
Foreign aid
Foreign Relations of the United States , 1952—1954
Foreign Relations of the United States , 1961—63
Forrestal, Michael
Fort Bragg
Fort Gordon
Fort Gulick
Fort Worth, Texas
Franchises, and Third World
France, and Vietnam
Fritz, Will
Fuller, R. Buckminster
Galbraith, John Kennedy
Garrison, Jim
Gates, Thomas
Gehlen, Gen. Reinhart
Gehler, Reinhard
Gelb, Leslie H.
Geneva Accords (1954)
Geneva Agreements (1954) and French–Indochina War
Genocide
Giles, Benjamin
Gilpatric, Roswell
Godel, Bill
Goldberg, Arthur
Goldwater, Sen. Barry
Grassy knoll
Gravel, Sen. Mike
Great Britain, and Vietnam
Green BeretsSee also Special forces
Greene, Gen. Wallace M.
Groden, Bob
Gromyko, Andrei
Grumman Aircraft Company
Guatemala
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf Warwinning of
Haileybury College
Haiphong
Halberstam, David
Hamilton, Lee
Harkins, Gen. Paul
Harrelson, Charles
Harriman, Averell
Harper’s
Hegel, G.W.F.
Helicopters
Helms, Richard
Hillenkoetter, Adm. Roscoe
Hiroshima
H–19 helicopter
Ho Chi Minh and Tonkinese refugees
Hoover, J. Edgar, on Kennedy assassination
Hue
Huey helicopter
HUK insurgency
Humes, James
Hunger, impact of
Hunt, Howard
Huongca
Hydrogen bomband Vietnam war See also Atomic bomb, Nuclear weapons
Import/export
Indochina. See also France; Vietnam war
Indonesia
Intelligence organizations, types of See also CIA, KGB
International Security Affairs Office
International Monetary Fund
In the Midst of Wars (Lansdale)
Iran
Iron Curtain, derivation of
Israel
Italy
Jackson, Sen. Henry
Javits, Jacob K.
Japan, and atomic bomb
JFK (movie), Oliver Stone on Prouty onresponse to
Johnson, Kelly
Johnson, Lyndon Bainesand Kennedy assassination and Vietnam
Johnson, U. Alexis
Johnston, David
Joint Chiefs of StaffKennedy on 167–169; and national sovereigntyand NSAM #55See also individual names and subjects
Jones, john Paul
Jordan
Journal of the American Medical Association
Kahler, Katherine
Kennedy, Edward
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, vs. CIA power Dallas speech of long-range plans of managerial style ofand 1960 campaign. See also Kennedy administration; Kennedy (John) assassination
Kennedy, Robert F and Maxwell Taylor
Kennedy (Sorenson)
Kennedy administration, and Bay of Pigs characterizedand Cuban exilesearly concerns of and NSAM #55and military-politics relationship military spending inand space programand Strategic Hamlet programVietnam policy of
Kennedy (John) assassination assassins in cabinet conspiracy incover story for and Cuban exilesexecution ofFord on further investigation ofimpact of and military-industrial complexmotives for and news mediaand Nixon requirements for planning ofand NSAM #263 reversalresearchers of and security arrangements and succeeding presidents unfolding plot ofand Warren CommissionSee also individual names and subjects
KGB
Khamba tribesmen
Khrushchev, Nikita
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kissinger, Henry
Korean airlines incident
Korean warorigins of winning of
Krulak, Lt. Gen. Victor H.
Kubrick, Stanley
Lansdale, Edward G. and enemy-agent murders and special forces
Laosearly fighting in
Lardner, George
Latin America, outlook for
Lawrence, David
Law and the Indochina War (Moore)
Lawyers, and power elite
LeMay, Gen. Curtis
Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman
Less-developed country (LDC). See Third World
Lewin, Leonard
Lewis, Anthony
Lewis, Roger
Life
Little Red Book (Mao Tse–tung)
Lisagor, Peter
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Los Angeles Times
Low–intensity conflict, doctrine of
Lufthansa
McCloy, Johnon Kennedy assassination
McCone, Johnorientation of and President Johnson
McDonald, Larry P.
McHugh, Godfrey
McNamara, Robert S. early Vietnam policy of on Strategic Hamlet program style ofand TFX fighter Vietnam task force of
“Magic bullet” theoryOliver Stone on
Magsaysay, Ramon
Malthus, Thomas
Manhattan Project
Mao Tse-tung and military-politics relationship
Marcos, Ferdinand
Marrs, Jim
“Mechanics,”
Mekong Delta
Melville, Herman
Mendenhall, Joseph
Miles, Marvin
Military and politics
Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG)
Military–industrial complex vs. Kennedy administration
Missouri (battleship)
Moby Dick (Melville)
Moneyand coupsrole of
Moore, John Norton
Moravia, Albert
Multinational corporations
Murder, in Vietnam war
My Lai Massacre
Nagasaki
Napalmimpact of
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Press Club
National Security Action Memorandum #52
National Security Action Memorandum #55, #56, #57 circumventing of, and Kennedy assassination
National Security Action Memorandum #263 continuing distortion of reversal oftenets of
National Security Action Memorandum #273
National Security Action Memorandum #288
National Security Act of 1947
National Security Council (NSC) authority ofand CIA-DOD relationship
National Security Council Directive #4
National Security Council Directive #5412
National Secuirty Council 10/2 Directive
National Sovereigntyerosion ofand war
Nation-state
Native Americans
Nazisand Allen Dullesand CIAand Cold War
Needham, Dr. Joseph
News media, and Kennedy assassination and Prouty
New World Order
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
New Zealand
Ngo Dinh Diem ascendency of background ofvs. Caravelle Group coupdeath ofdecline of edicts ofelection policy ofand socio-economic breakdownand Strategic Hamlet Programand Tonkinese relocation
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu, Madame
Nicaragua
Nixon, Richard, x, and Bay of Pigs and Castroand Kennedy assassination vs. Kennedysand power elite on Vietnam war
Nolting, Fritz
Norstad, Gen. Lauris
North Vietnam, covert action against See also Vietminh; Vietnam war
Nuclear weapons, Eisenhower deployment ofpolitical impact of
Nutrition
Objectives, military role of
O’Daniel, Gen. John W.
Office of Policy Coordination (OPC)
Office of Special Operations
Office of Strategic Service (OSS). See OSS
O’Keefe, Bernard
“One Hand” system
On the Trail of the Assassins (Garrison)
Operation Mongoose
Operation Sunrise
Operation Trinidad
OPLAN 34A
Organization of American States (OAS)
OSStermination ofSee also CIA
Oswald, Lee Harvey Oliver Stone on assassination role of
Pacification
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Palace guard, role of
Parade
ParamilitaryCIA definition oftactics of
Paranoia
Pathet and Lao
Patrol boats
Patton, Gen. George S.
Pauley, Edwin
Paz Estenssoro, Victor
Pentagon Papers characterizeddistortions in and Kennedy assassination Oliver Stone on
People’s History of the United States (Zinn)
Perle, Richard
Petroleum
Philippinesand CIA
Phoenix program characterized
Pinochet, Gen. Augusto
Platoon
Political power
Politics, and military
Potsdam Conference
Power elite, basic tenets ofand Cold Wardefinedand energy pricesinfluence of and Kennedy assassination and Nazis and New World Orderand nuclear weaponsVietnam role of and village lifewar profits of
Presidential Character, The (Barber)
Princeton University
Prouty, L. Fletcherbackground of and Bay of Pigsand BBCand Kennedy assassination and McNamaraOliver Stone onand operation Trinidadand NSAM #55and NSAM #263and TFX fighter and Vietnam intelligence
Powers, Francis Gary
Quinn, Col. William
Ranchland project
Rand Corporation
Rankin, J. Lee
Rather, Dan
Reader’s Digest
Reagan, Ronald
Reagan administration
Real property
Red Book and the Great Wall, an Impression of Mao’s China, The (Moravia)
RefugeesCubanand Vietnam war
Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace (Lewin)
Republic of Vietnam. See South Vietnam
Reston, James
Rhade tribesmen
Rhee, Syngman
Richardson, John
Rice
Riots, in South Vietnam
Risk and Other Four-Letter Words (Wriston)
Rockefeller, David
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano on British imperialism
Rostov, Russia
Rostow, Walter
Ruby, Jack
Rusk, Dean
Russell, Sen. Richard
Saigon
Saigon Military Mission civic action program of and Diemand Geneva accordsinitial actions of and native relocation objectives of tactics of
Saudi Arabia
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
Schlesinger, James
SEATO
Secord, Gen. Richard
Secret Service, and Kennedy assassination
Senate, U.S., and CIA oversight
Shah of Iran
Sharp, Adm. U.S.G.
Shapiro, Irving S.
Shoup, Gen. David
Shultz, George
Sklar, Zachary
Smith, C. R.
Smith, Gen. Robert J.
Smith, Preston
Smith, Gen. Walter Bedell
Soong, T. V.
Sorenson, Theodore
Sorrels, Forest
Source Selection Board
Southeast Asia. See individual names, countries and subjects
Southeast Asia Resolution
South Vietnam, creation ofelections inhistory ofsocial breakdown in topography ofSee also Vietnam war
Soviet Unionin Afghanistan and military suppliesand OSS political system inVietnam policy ofSee also Cold War
Space program
Spain
Special forces
Special Warfare Center
Spellman, Francis Cardinal
Stalin, Josephand Potsdam Conference
Stans, Maurice
State Departmenton population and Tonkinese refugees
Stilwell, Gen. Richard
Stokes, Louis
Stone, Oliver characterizedon Fletcher Prouty at National Press Club on Pentagon Papers
Strategic Hamlet Program
Strategic Resources Group
Strategy for Defeat (Sharp)
Study Task Force, on Vietnam war
Sullivan, William
Sullivan & Cromwell
Symington, Sen. Stuart
Syria
Tague, James
Taylor, Gen. Maxwell on Strategic Hamlet programVietnam advice ofand Vietnam escalation Tehran
Tehran Conference (1943)
Terrorists, CIA training of
Textron Corporation
TFX jet fightercontract for
Thich Quang Duc
Third World countries, economic structure ofand foreign aidand franchise holders misunderstanding ofimport/export in
Thompson, R.G.K.
Thompson, William F.
Tien Chi
Tippit, J. D.
Tonkinese refugees
Totalitarian governments, intelligence organizations of
Toynbee, Arnold, on America
“Training Under the Mutual Security Program (With Emphasis on Development of Leaders),”
Trujillo, Rafael
Truman, Harry S., and atomic bomb on CIAand iron curtain
Tuyen, Dr. Tram Kim
United Nations
United Press International
United States of America, international reputation ofand national sovereigntyThird World spending ofSee also individual names and subjects
U.S.S. Maddox
U.S.S. Turner Joy
US–TEC
U–2 incident
Valeriano, Col. Napoleon
Vance, Cyrus
Vermont
Vietcong, arsenal ofhistorical roots of. See also Vietnam war
Vietminharsenal of
Vietnam, early history ofpost–WWII socio-economic breakdown in See also Vietnam war
“Vietnam, August-December, 1963
Vietnam Civilian Irregular Defense Groups
Vietnam Crisis (Cameron)
Vietnam war, accomplishments of Americanization of casualties/costs of and Combat Development Test Centerdefeat analysedand Diem’s decline Eisenhower onenemy infour steps inand France and Geneva Conference helicopters in initial escalation ofJohnson escalation of and Laosmurder in objectives of Oliver Stone onplanning of policy mistakes in and power eliteand post–French conditionsrefugees in roots ofscope ofand Strategic Hamlet programtask force onand Tonkinese refugees Vietcong emergence in winning of
Vietnamese, social history of
Village Defense Orientation Program
Village life, destruction ofrole of
Vincent, John Carter
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vom Kriege (von Clausewitz)
von Braun, Wernher
von Clausewitz, Carl
von Krosigk, Count Lutz Schwerin
War, frequency oflimits toand military-politics relationshipnecessity forobjectives inoutlook forand populationrole of and society
Warren, Earl
Warren Commission creation offlaws in and Kennedy route
Washington Post
Water
Watergate
Webster, William
Weisberg, Harold
Wells, H. G.
Westmoreland, Gen. William
Wheeler, Gen. Earle
“White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead, a Look at Business in 1990.”
Wicker, Tom
Will, George
Wilson, Gen. Sam
Wisner, Frank
World Bank
World War II final days of. See also individual names and subjects
World War III,
Wriston, Walter
Wyden, Peter
Young Presidents Organization
Zapata beach
Zapruder, Abraham, and assassination film
Zaragoza, Spain
Zinn, Howard
Zuchert, Eugene