Stanley Karnow.
Vietnam: A History, Second Revised and Updated Edition.
New York: Penguin Books, 1997.
Previous editions:
First Edition: New York: Viking Press, 1983.
Revised and Updated Edition: New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Book Information: Publisher;
Google Books;
Amazon.com.
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Video: Stanley Karnow- Stanley Karnow, "Vietnam: A History," Greystone's American History Store, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 06 July 2001.
- David Halberstam, Bernard Kalb, Stanley Karnow, Barry Zorthian, "1968 and the Vietnam War," Freedom Forum Newseum, Arlington, Virginia, C-SPAN.org, 30 April 1998.
- Garrick Utley, Dennis Harter, Le Van Bang, Virginia Foote, Stanley Karnow, Frederick Z. Brown, "Vietnam Today," Discovery Channel Forum, C-SPAN.org, 25 April 1995.
- Garrick Utley (1939–2014), Wikipedia.
- Dennis Harter, C-SPAN.org.
- Le Van Bang, Ambassador of Vietnam to the United States, May 1997 - 2001?
- Virginia B. Foote, President and CEO, Bay Global Strategies.
- Virginia Foote, American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi.
- Frederick Z. Brown. Second Chance: The United States and Indochina in the 1990s. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1989.
[Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- History of Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: Fred Brown was the Associate Director of Southeast Asia Studies Program, 1991–2005.
- Johns Hopkins SAIS Southeast Asia Studies Program.
- Frederick Z. Brown, Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
Copy at Library of Congress.
- Frederick Z. Brown, "Vietnam Since the War (1975-1995)," Wilson Quarterly, Winter 1995.
- Frederick Z. Brown, "Vietnam's Transformations: War, Development and Reform." In Legacy of Engagement in Southeast Asia, edited by Ann Marie Murphy, Bridget Welsh. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008. Pages 72-112.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Frederick Z. Brown, "Rapprochement Between Vietnam and the United States," Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, Volume 32, Number 3, pages 317-342, December 2010.
- Michael Armacost, Peter Arnett, Stephen Hess, Marvin Kalb, Stanley Karnow, Ted Koppel, Daniel Schorr, Barry Zorthian, "The Role of the Press During War," Brookings Institution, C-SPAN.org, 31 October 2001.
- Walter Cronkite, Peter Arnett, Neil Sheehan, Stanley Karnow, Joseph L. Galloway, Bert Quint, Kurt Volkert, Wallace Terry, Don North, Richard Pyle, "War Correspondents Reunion: Vietnam Part 1," [U.S. War Correspondents' Stories from Vietnam 1959-1964], No Greater Love, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 07 October 1995.
- No Greater Love.
- No Greater Love, Wikipedia.
- Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), Wikipedia.
- Peter Arnett (b. 1934), Wikipedia.
- Neil Sheehan (b. 1936), Wikipedia.
- Neil Sheehan. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1988. New York: Vintage Books (Random House), 1989.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Joseph L. Galloway (b. 1941), Wikipedia.
- Bert Quint (b. 1930), Prabook.
Howard Rosenberg, "Reporter's Love for CBS Long Extinguished," [about Bert Quint], Los Angeles Times, February 24, 1993.
- Kurt Volkert and T. Jeff Williams. A Cambodian Odyssey: And the Deaths of 25 Journalists. Writer's Showcase Press (iUniverse.com), 2001.
[Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Wallace Terry (1938–2003), Wikipedia.
- Wallace Terry. Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History. New York: Random House, 1984. New York: Presidio Press / Ballantine Books (Random House), 1985.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Don North, C-SPAN.org.
- Richard Pyle and Horst Faas. Lost Over Laos: A True Story Of Tragedy, Mystery, And Friendship. Boston: Da Capo Press (Hachette Book Group), 2003.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Tad Bartimus, Bernard Kalb, Jack Reynolds, Peter Arnett, Kevin Delany, George Esper, Bill Plante, Ron Nessen, "War Correspondents Reunion: Vietnam Part 2," [U.S. War Correspondents' Stories from Vietnam 1973-1975], No Greater Love, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 07 October 1995.
- Ben Bradlee, Joseph D. Duffey, Harold Evans, Jesse Jackson, Stanley Karnow, Edmund Morris, Allen Weinstein, "The Twentieth Century," Center for Democracy, National Archives Theater, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN.org, 19 October 1998.
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Other Video:- Vietnam: A Television History, WGBH, 1983; 1997.
- Vietnam: A Television History, Wikipedia.
- Search YouTube for: Vietnam A Television History.
- Note that Vietnam: A Television History was originally broadcast in 1983 in 13 episodes. In 1997 a re-edited version of the series was broadcast as part of the PBS American Experience series in 11 episodes; episodes 2 ("The First Vietnam War") and 13 ("Legacies") of the original series were omitted from the 1997 version. I think one should preferentially view the 1983 version which was distributed on VHS tape.
- Raw video of the interviews (often quite long and detailed), from which brief excerpts were used in the documentary, is available at WGBH Open Vault: The Vietnam Collection, WGBH Media Library & Archives.
For example:
- The Vietnam War, A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, PBS, 2017.
- I collected some other videos related to the Vietnam War in my post for Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest (1972); this includes, for example, several panel discussions at a conference on "Vietnam and the Presidency" held at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in 2006.
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Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org.
Selected Lectures Related to the Vietnam War:
- Sean Sculley, "The Vietnam War Era," U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, 14 April 2011.
- LTC Seanegan Sculley, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy.
- Frances FitzGerald, "A Clash of Cultures," in Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Vietnam War Anthology, Third Edition, edited by Andrew J. Rotter. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
This essay is an extract from FitzGerald's book Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam.
- Frances FitzGerald. Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972.
[Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Pierre Asselin, "The Vietnam War, 1965-75," San Diego State University, 22 March 2018.
- Pierre Asselin, Department of History, San Diego State University.
- Pierre Asselin. Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Pierre Asselin. Vietnam's American War: A History. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Vietnam War, November 1955 – April 1975.
- Lê Duẩn (1907–1986), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, September 1960 – July 1986.
- William Westmoreland (1914–2005), Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), June 1964 – 1968.
- Sino-Soviet split, 1956–1966.
- Donald Stoker, "North Vietnamese Strategy During the Vietnam War," U.S. Naval War College, Monterey, California, 18 November 2011.
- Douglas Kennedy, "Vietnam War's 'Operation Rolling Thunder'," U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 15 March 2018.
- Dr. Douglas Kennedy, Department of History, U.S. Air Force Academy.
- James Clay Thompson. Rolling Thunder: Understanding Policy and Program Failure. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980.
[Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- John Schlight. A War Too Long: The USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961–1975. Washington, DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1996.
[Archive.org; Air Force Historical Support Division.]
- John Schlight. The War in South Vietnam: The Years of the Offensive, 1965–1968. Washington, DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1999.
[Air Force Historical Support Division.]
- Operation Rolling Thunder, began 02 March 1965.
- Operation Linebacker, May – October 1972.
- Operation Linebacker II ("The Christmas Bombings"), December 1972.
- Andrew Wiest and John Young, "The Vietnam War" [in 1967], University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 24 March 2016.
- Richard Faulkner, "Tet Offensive to Vietnam War's End," U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 01 March 2018.
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- Lisa Brady, "Battling Nature in Korea and Vietnam," Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, 09 April 2015.
- David Farber, "Vietnam Anti-War Movement," Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 October 2010.
- History, Temple University.
- David Farber, Department of History, University of Kansas.
- David Farber, Wikipedia.
- David Farber, C-SPAN.org.
- David Farber. The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s. New York: Hill and Wang, 1994.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
My post on The Age of Great Dreams is here.
- David Farber, editor. The Sixties: From Memory to History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- David Farber. Chicago '68. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
- Lists of protests against the Vietnam War.
- Eugene McCarthy presidential campaign, 1968.
- Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968).
- United States presidential election, 1968, Nixon versus Humphrey versus Wallace.
- Meredith Lair, "Vietnam Veterans," George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 24 September 2012.
- Melissa Borja, "Post-Vietnam War Refugees," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 April 2018.
- Melissa Borja, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, University of Michigan.
- Melissa Borja, National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan.
- Melissa Borja, American Culture, University of Michigan.
- Melissa Borja. Follow the New Way: Hmong Refugee Resettlement and Practice of American Religious Pluralism. Not yet published.
- Viet Thanh Nguyen. The Sympathizer. New York: Grove Press, 2015.
[Publisher; Author's Website; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Viet Thanh Nguyen, "The Hidden Scars All Refugees Carry," The New York Times, 02 September 2016.
(Copy at author's website.)
- Indochina refugee crisis.
- Refugee Act of 1980.
- Julian Zelizer, "1970s Conservative Movement and Foreign Policy," Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 21 February 2018.
- Julian E. Zelizer, Department of History, Princeton University.
- Julian E. Zelizer, Princeton University.
- Julian E. Zelizer, C-SPAN.org.
- Bruce J. Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer, editors. Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Presidency of Richard Nixon: Foreign policy, January 1969 – August 1974.
- Presidency of Gerald Ford: Foreign affairs, August 1974 – January 1977.
- United States presidential election, 1976, Carter versus Ford.
- Presidency of Jimmy Carter: Foreign affairs, January 1977 – January 1981.
- United States presidential election, 1980, Reagan versus Carter versus Anderson.
- History of conservatism in the United States: 1970s.
- Conservatism in the United States.
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- Brooks Simpson, "Presidents and War Powers," Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 26 October 2015.
- Brooks Simpson, Arizona State University.
- Brooks D. Simpson (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
- Crossroads, Simpson's blog.
- Brooks D. Simpson, C-SPAN.org.
- Quasi-War, July 1798 – September 1800.
- First Barbary War, May 1801 – June 1805.
- Presidency of James K. Polk: Foreign affairs, March 1845 – March 1849.
- Battle of Fort Sumter, April 1861.
- Spanish–American War, 1898.
- Philippine–American War, February 1899 – July 1902.
- Banana Wars, 1898–1934.
- American entry into World War I.
- United States non-interventionism: Non-interventionism before entering World War II.
- Lend-Lease, 1941.
- Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 – May 1945.
- Military history of the United States during World War II.
- Cold War, 1946–1991.
- Gulf of Tonkin incident, August 1964.
- Presidency of Richard Nixon: Foreign policy, January 1969 – August 1974.
- Operation Menu, bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia, March 1969 – May 1970.
- Cambodian Campaign, April – July 1970.
- Operation Freedom Deal, Cambodia, May 1970 – August 1973.
- War Powers Resolution of 1973.
- 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- Charles Dobbs, "John F. Kennedy's Foreign Policy," Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 11 October 2013.
- Joan Hoff, "Presidents, War, and Public Opinion," Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 26 September 2011.
(Curiously little or no discussion of the Vietnam War.)
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- Kyle Longley, "President Johnson and the Vietnam War in 1968," Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 09 April 2018.
- Kyle Longley, Arizona State University.
- School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, Arizona State University.
- Anne Wheeler, "Historian Kyle Longley named Director, LBJ Presidential Library," LBJ Presidential Library, 18 July 2018.
- Staff, LBJ Presidential Library.
- Kyle Longley. LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson: Foreign affairs, November 1963 – January 1969.
- 1968 in the United States.
- 1968 in the Vietnam War.
- Lyndon B. Johnson, "Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union," 17 January 1968.
Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237325.
- Battle of Khe Sanh, January – July 1968.
- Tet Offensive, began 30 January 1968.
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 04 April 1968.
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, 05 June 1968.
- 1968 Democratic National Convention, 26–29 August 1968.
- United States presidential election, 1968, Nixon versus Humphrey versus Wallace.
- Anna Chennault (1925–2018).
- Margaret O'Mara, "1968 Presidential Election," University of Washington, Seattle, 15 February 2017.
- Margaret O'Mara, Department of History, University of Washington.
- Margaret O'Mara, margaretomara.com.
- United States presidential election, 1964, Johnson versus Goldwater.
- 1968 in the United States.
- 1968 in the Vietnam War.
- Tet Offensive, began 30 January 1968.
- Battle of Huế, January – March 1968.
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 04 April 1968.
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, 05 June 1968.
- 1968 Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, 05–08 August 1968.
- 1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 26–29 August 1968.
- United States presidential election, 1968, Nixon versus Humphrey versus Wallace.
- Leonard Steinhorn, "Impact of 1968," American University, Washington, D.C., 01 April 2013.
- Leonard Steinhorn, School of Communication, American University.
- Leonard Steinhorn, Wikipedia.
- Leonard "Lenny" Steinhorn, C-SPAN.org.
- Leonard Steinhorn. The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy. New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press / Macmillan, 2006.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- 1968 in the United States.
- 1968 in the Vietnam War.
- Tet Offensive, began 30 January 1968.
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 04 April 1968.
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, 05 June 1968.
- 1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 26–29 August 1968.
- United States presidential election, 1968, Nixon versus Humphrey versus Wallace.
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Wikipedia Articles, etc.:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Historical and Political Context of U.S. Intervention in Vietnam
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey, report released on 30 September 1945.
(Vietnam era U.S. policy makers knew about this study but most ignored its conclusions.)
- Origins of the Cold War.
- Cold War.
- History of United States foreign policy: Cold War: 1947–91.
- Harry S. Truman, "Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine," March 12, 1947. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
- Truman Doctrine, March 1947.
- Chinese Civil War, 1927–1937 and 1946–1950.
- NSC 68, "United States Objectives and Programs for National Security," April 1950.
- NSC 68 [PDF], Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.
- Korean War, June 1950 – July 1953.
- First Indochina War, December 1946 – July 1954.
- McCarthyism.
(During the 1950s and 1960s Democratic party politicians feared accusations of being "soft on communism".)
- Decolonization.
- Decolonisation of Asia.
- Wars of national liberation.
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- Vietnam and Events
- History of Vietnam.
- Culture of Vietnam.
- French Indochina, 1887 – 1954.
- First Indochina War, December 1946 – July 1954.
- State of Vietnam, 1949–1955.
- Bảo Đại (1913–1997), head of state (Emperor), State of Vietnam, 1949–1955.
- Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969).
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911–2013).
- Việt Minh.
- North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), 1945 – 1975.
- Phạm Văn Đồng (1906–2000), Prime Minister of North Vietnam, 1955–1976; Prime Minister of Vietnam, 1976–1987.
- Lê Duẩn (1907–1986), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, September 1960 – July 1986.
- Battle of Dien Bien Phu, March – May 1954.
- 1954 Geneva Conference, April – July 1954.
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- South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam), 1955 – 1975.
- Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963), President of the Republic of Vietnam, October 1955 – November 1963.
- Ngô Đình Thục (1897–1984), Archbishop of Huế, brother of Ngo Dinh Diem.
- Ngô Đình Nhu (1910–1963), brother of Ngo Dinh Diem.
- Madame Nhu (1924–2011), wife of Ngô Đình Nhu.
- Ngô Đình Cẩn (1911–1964), brother of Ngo Dinh Diem.
- Viet Cong, National Liberation Front (NLF), founded December 1960.
- Buddhist crisis, South Vietnam, May – November 1963.
- Thích Quảng Đức: Self-immolation, 11 June 1963.
- Cable 243, 24 August 1963.
- 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état, November 1963.
- John Prados, "JFK and the Diem Coup," National Security Archive, 05 November 2003.
- Reaction to the 1963 South Vietnamese coup.
- Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (1908–1976), Prime Minister of South Vietnam, November 1963 – January 1964.
- Dương Văn Minh ("Big Minh") (1916–2001), Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council, South Vietnam, November 1963 – January 1964.
- Nguyễn Khánh (1927–2013), Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council, South Vietnam, January 1964 – February 1965.
- South Vietnam government of Thieu / Ky / Co established June 1965.
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- Battle of Ap Bac, first major battle victory of NLF, 02 January 1963.
- Gulf of Tonkin incident, August 1964.
- Battle of Binh Gia, 28 December 1964 – 01 January 1965, NLF victory.
- Operation Rolling Thunder, began 02 March 1965.
- U.S. Marines arrive at Da Nang, 08 March 1965.
- Battle of Ia Drang, November 1965.
- Buddhist Uprising of 1966.
- Operation Cedar Falls, January 1967.
- Battle of Khe Sanh, January – July 1968.
- Tet Offensive, began 30 January 1968.
- Battle of Huế, January – March 1968.
- Battle of Hamburger Hill, May 1969.
- Cambodian Campaign, April – July 1970.
- Easter Offensive, March – October 1972.
- Paris Peace Accords, signed 27 January 1973.
- Battle of Phước Long, December 1974 – January 1975.
- 1975 Spring Offensive.
- Fall of Saigon, 30 April 1975.
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- United States in Vietnam
- Role of the United States in the Vietnam War.
- Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Foreign affairs, January 1953 – January 1961.
- J. Lawton Collins (1896–1987), Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, August 1949 – August 1953; U.S. Special Representative in Vietnam, November 1954 – May 1955.
- Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), MAAG Indochina, 1950; reorganized with creation of MAAG Vietnam, 01 November 1955.
- U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), created February 1962.
- Presidency of John F. Kennedy: Foreign affairs, January 1961 – November 1963.
- Foreign policy of the John F. Kennedy administration.
- Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson: Foreign affairs, November 1963 – January 1969.
- McGeorge Bundy (1919–1996), National Security Advisor, January 1961 – February 1966.
- Robert McNamara (1916–2009), Secretary of Defense, January 1961 – February 1968.
- Dean Rusk (1909–1994), Secretary of State, January 1961 – January 1969.
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- Frederick Nolting (1911–1989), U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1961–1963.
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, January 1947 – January 1953; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, January 1953 – September 1960; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, August 1963 – June 1964 and August 1965 – April 1967.
- Maxwell D. Taylor (1901–1987), Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, October 1962 – July 1964; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, July 1964 – July 1965.
- Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984), U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, April 1967 – May 1973.
- Graham Martin (1912–1990), U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, September 1973 – May 1975.
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- Paul D. Harkins (1904–1984), Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), 1962 – June 1964.
- William Westmoreland (1914–2005), Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), June 1964 – June 1968.
- Creighton Abrams (1914–1974), Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), June 1968 – June 1972.
- Edward Lansdale (1908–1987), U.S. Air Force; CIA officer.
- Lucien Conein (1919–1998), U.S. Army; CIA officer.
- John Paul Vann (1924–1972), U.S. Army.
- William E. DePuy (1919–1992), U.S. Army.
- Robert Komer (1922–2000), first head of Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) in South Vietnam.
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- George Ball (1909–1994), Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, February – December 1961; Under Secretary of State, December 1961 – September 1966.
- Roger Hilsman (1919–2014), Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Department of State), February 1961 – April 1963; Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, May 1963 – March 1964.
- W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986), Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, December 1961 – April 1963; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, April 1963 – March 1965.
- William Bundy (1917–2000), Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, March 1964 – May 1969.
- Nicholas Katzenbach (1922–2012), Attorney General, February 1965 – October 1966; Under Secretary of State, October 1966 – January 1969.
- Paul M. Kattenburg (1922–2004), State Department. [Obituary, The Washington Post.]
- John A. McCone (1902–1991), Under Secretary of the Air Force, June 1950 – October 1951; Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, July 1958 – January 1961; Director of Central Intelligence, November 1961 – April 1965.
- Clark Clifford (1906–1998), White House Counsel, February 1946 – January 1950; Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, April 1963 – February 1968; Secretary of Defense, March 1968 – January 1969.
- John McNaughton (1921–1967), Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1964–1967.
- Paul Warnke (1920–2001), Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1967 – 1969.
- Paul Nitze (1907–2004), Director of Policy Planning at Department of State, 1950–1953; Secretary of the Navy, November 1963 – June 1967; Deputy Secretary of Defense, July 1967 – January 1969.
- Walt Rostow (1916–2003), Deputy National Security Advisor, January 1961 – December 1961; Director of Policy Planning at Department of State, December 1961 – March 1966; National Security Advisor, April 1966 – January 1969.
- Michael Forrestal (1927–1989), staff member of the National Security Council, 1962–1965.
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- J. William Fulbright (1905–1995), U.S. Senator from Arkansas, January 1945 – December 1974; Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1959–1974.
- Mike Mansfield (1903–2001), U.S. Senator from Montana, January 1953 – January 1977; Senate Majority Leader, January 1961 – January 1977.
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