JFK (71 page)

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 of
See 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 of
See also
Vietnam war

Soviet Unionin Afghanistan and military suppliesand OSS political system inVietnam policy of
See 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 of
See 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