Authors: Randall B. Woods
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ARVN and,
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CIDGs and,
162
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famous battalion of,
164
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hotbeds of,
206
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207
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as omnipresent,
279
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PAT program and,
208
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209
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penetrating civil and military bureaucracies,
252
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position paper on,
256
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Rhade tribe and,
156
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157
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163
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Rural Development Cadre and,
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Strategic Hamlet Program and,
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197
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tactics of, roots of,
255
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terrorism campaign by,
161
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163
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US air base attacked by,
210
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US embassy attacked by,
282â283
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villages ruled by,
252
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withdrawal of, to underground tunnels,
327
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See also
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong Infrastructure (VCI),
287
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288â289
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310
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312
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315
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327
Viet Minh,
116
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117
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118
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120
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125
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135â136
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157
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208
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476
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (VNQDD),
128
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136
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208
Vietnam,
5
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94
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136
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142
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144
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153
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173â174
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217
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353
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355
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370
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409
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410
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412
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472
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background on,
116
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Chinese and French approach to,
128
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CIA collaborating with the French in,
93
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demilitarized zone,
133
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294
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345
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dividing of,
116â117
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155
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205
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escalating US military involvement in,
213
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Geneva Accords and,
116â117
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Japan and,
116
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118â119
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language of, learning,
285â286
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300
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nationalist parties of,
128
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nationwide elections for,
131â132
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need for a new political identity in,
130â131
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physical environment of, described,
132
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postcolonial, rural population of,
250
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two CIA stations in,
93
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117
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125
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See also
Cambodia
;
Counterinsurgency and pacification in Vietnam
;
Laos
;
North Vietnam
;
South Vietnam
;
US Mission in Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
395
Vietnam War opposition.
See
Antiwar movement
Vietnam wars.
See
First Indochinese War
;
Second Indochinese War
Vietnamese Air Transport Command,
139
Vietnamese Communist Party.
See
Lao Dong
Vietnamese Nationalist Party.
See
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
Vietnamization,
253
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309
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311
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325
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326
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327â328
Villebois, Roger (pseudonym Louis Giry),
39
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41
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44
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45
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47
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49
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50
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125
Vital Center, The
(Schlesinger),
114
V-J Day,
119
Wagner, Karl,
348â349
Walker, Jenonne,
372
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373
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374
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377â378
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386
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391
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403
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418
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455
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475
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476
Wallace, Henry,
75
Wallace, Mike,
273
Walsh, Mike,
313
Walsh, Sharon,
2
Walters, Vernon,
348
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350
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351
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352
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362
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365
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443
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456
War Powers Act,
429
Warnke, Paul,
295
Warren Commission,
412
Warsaw Pact,
111
Wartime intelligence and espionage activities, history of,
69â70
Washington, George,
69
Washington Post
,
273
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275
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327
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354
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364
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391
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405
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414
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451
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460
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461
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462
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469
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471
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472
Watergate,
346â349
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350â353
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358
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359
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361
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362
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363â364
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365
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370
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377
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381
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382
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392
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397
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404
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406
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412
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416
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419
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442
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451
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456
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461
Weathermen faction,
342
Welch, Richard S.,
459â460
West Germany,
93
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101
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111
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112
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119
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176
West, Samuel,
69
Westmoreland, William,
202
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209
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210
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211
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244â245
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299
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304
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346
Weyler, Valeriano,
152
White Lotus Society,
17
Whitlam, Gough,
472â473
Wick, William,
104
Wilderness of Mirrors
(Martin),
471
Wilhelm, Kaiser,
430
Williams, Samuel “Hanging Sam,”
127
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128
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136
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150
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158
Wills, Frank,
347
Wilson, Edwin P.,
473
Wilson, Jasper,
249
Wilson, Wilbur,
292
Wilson, Woodrow,
18â19
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22
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23
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24
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322
Wisner, Frank,
74
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80
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83
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85
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90
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91
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110
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111
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112
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178
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274
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340
Woodward, Bob,
364
World Bank,
282
World War I,
12
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15
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24
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25
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31
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32
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40
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70
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395
World War II,
1
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26
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31
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65
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76
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82
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86
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90
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92
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108
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116
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145
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code-breaking during,
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385â386
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surrenders ending,
62
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66
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See also specific countries, organizations, events, and people involved in the war
World War III, possibility of,
111
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112
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395
Worldview
,
470
Wright, Peter,
403
Yalta Accords,
71
Yarborough, William,
143
Yom Kippur War,
381â382
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383
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386
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400
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447
Young, David,
343
Young, Steve,
324â325
Yugoslavia,
96
Zellerbach, James David,
113
Zionists,
105
Zone D,
207