Authors: Randall B. Woods
Operation Mongoose,
176â177
,
240
,
274
,
339
,
350
,
351
,
438
Operation Passage to Freedom,
155
Operation Rolling Thunder,
210
,
211
,
235
Operation Shining Brass,
239
,
241â243
“Operation Shock” memo,
283
,
294â295
,
296
Operation Speedy Express,
303â304
,
332
Operation Steel Tiger (Barrel Roll),
235
Operation Switchback,
174
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178
,
179
,
181
,
196
,
197â198
,
203
,
205
,
213
,
233
,
241
Operational Plan 34A (OPLAN 34A),
180
,
181
,
197
,
198
,
203
Osborne, Howard,
277
Overseas Writers Association,
77
Pacification and Development Plan,
318â319
Pacifism,
25
Paisley, John Arthur,
3
,
469â470
,
473
Palestine,
105
Palestine Liberation Organization,
472â473
Pancho Villa Expedition,
13
Pao, Vang,
5
,
221
,
222
,
224
,
225
,
226
,
228â229
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231
,
232
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233
,
234
,
236
,
237
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240
,
241
,
243
,
245
Papadopoulos, George,
459
Paris Peace Talks,
295
,
297
,
308
,
317
,
422
Partito Communista Italiano (PCI).
See
Italian Communist Party
Pathet Lao (PL),
179
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218
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219
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220
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221
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223
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224
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225
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226
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230
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232
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233
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235
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236
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240
,
244
,
245
,
326
Patton, George S.,
41
,
47
,
48
,
154
Peace Corps,
300
Peace movement.
See
Antiwar movement
Peacekeeping Institute,
143
Peacetime intelligence/espionage, realizing central agency needed for,
69
,
70
Pearl Harbor attack,
28
,
31
,
32
,
71
Peninsular Campaign,
151
Pentagon Papers,
322
,
332
,
343
,
358
      Â
See also
US Department of Defense
Penthouse
,
469
People's Action Teams (PATs),
208â210
People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
See
Viet Cong
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD),
72â73
,
89
,
119
,
360
People's Liberation Army,
83
People's Republic of China.
See
China
People's (Provisional) Revolutionary Government (PRG),
310
,
434
People's Self-Defense Force,
300
Pershing, John J.,
13
Peru,
460
Petry, Charles “Slats,”
242
,
243
Peurifoy, John E.,
126
Philby, Harold Adrian Russell “Kim,”
107â108
,
277
,
471
Philby, Harry St. John,
107
Philippine-American War,
152
Philippines,
66
,
93
,
115
,
117
,
127
,
150
,
159
,
173
,
215
,
227
,
242
,
304
,
465
Phillips, David,
366â367
,
380
,
404â405
,
418
Phillips, Rufus,
119
,
188â189
,
253
Phoenix program,
285
,
288
,
310â316
,
327â328
,
331â332
,
338
,
358
,
365
,
392
,
395
,
396
,
444
,
473
Pike, Douglas,
159
Pike, Otis,
442
,
445
,
448
,
449
,
450
,
451
,
459
,
460
Pincus, Walter,
461â462
Pindar, Barbara,
391
Pinkerton, Allan,
70
Pius XII (pope),
99
PKI (Communist Party of Indonesia),
214
,
215
,
216
,
217
,
410
Plausible deniability,
443â444
Playboy
,
458
Plumbers team,
343
,
346
,
347
,
348
,
351
,
358
,
360
,
364
Polgar, Tom,
314
,
425
,
426
,
427â428
,
430
,
431
,
432
,
433
,
433â434
Police Aerial Resupply Unit (PARU),
221
,
222
,
223
Political ActionâCounter-Terror Teams,
248
Political Action Section,
154
Political Action Teams (PATs),
248
,
249
Political Development Working Group,
268
Polk, Rhea,
77â78
      Â
See also
Ruff-Puffs
Portugal,
459
Poshepny, Anthony Alexander (Tony Poe),
223
,
228
,
233â234
,
240
Powell, Colin,
362
Presidential Survey Office (PSO),
160
,
162
Proctor, Edward,
445
Project Gladio,
101
Project Naomi,
452
Project Tiger,
147â149
,
180
,
182
,
197â198
,
238
Protestant Reformation,
99
Prouty, L. Fletcher,
446
Province Security Committee,
313
Provincial Interrogation Centers (PICs),
270
,
279
,
312
,
314
,
323
Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs),
251
,
252
,
257
,
287â288
,
288â289
,
311â312
,
313
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315
,
323
,
327
,
331
,
332
,
338
Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG),
310
Provisional (People's) Revolutionary Government (PRG),
310
,
434
Proxmire, William,
462
Psychological Strategy Board,
97
Quakers,
395
Quandt, William,
382
Quang, Thich Tri,
182
,
184
,
189
,
206
,
296
Raborn, William F. “Red,” Jr.,
211â212
,
251
,
366
Radio Free Europe,
86
,
111
,
273
,
334
Raskin, Marcus,
396
Reagan, Ronald,
412
,
438
,
470
,
471
,
472
,
474
,
476
Regional Forces (RF),
286
See also
Ruff-Puffs
Republic of Vietnam.
See
South Vietnam
Republican National Committee,
352
,
456
Republican Party,
10
,
78
,
117
,
309
      Â
See also specific Republican leaders
Reston, James “Scotty,”
451
Revolutionary Development Cadre.
See
Rural Development Cadre program
Revolutionary War (American),
19
,
69
Rhade tribe,
155
,
156
,
157
,
160â163
,
172â173
,
179
,
323
      Â
See also
Montagnards
Rice-roots revolution,
139
,
259
,
268
,
286
,
317
,
318
,
320
      Â
See also
Counterinsurgency and pacification in Vietnam
Richardson, Elliott,
333
,
361
,
362
,
364
Richardson, John “Jocko,”
178
,
183
,
185â186
,
189
,
195
,
201
Robert B. Blaikie Regular Democratic Association,
75
Roberts, Kenneth,
21â22
Roche, John,
267
Rockefeller Commission,
412
,
416
,
419
,
437
,
438â439
,
453
,
457
,
461
Rockefeller, Nelson,
378
,
407
,
412
,
413
,
437â438
,
445
Rogers' Rangers,
21