purposes of, 125–126, 133, 138, 206, 325
disinformation, in political warfare, 47–48
Dix, Drew, 206
Doan Cong Lap, 178
Do Cao Tri, 214, 368
Dodds, Bill, 168, 171
Do Kin Nhieu, 267
Do Minh Nhat, 152
Donohue, Tom, 65–69, 70–72, 105–106, 116, 159, 298, 299, 320
Dooley, Tom, 26
Doolin, Dennis, 298, 313
Drakulich, Sam, 105, 110–111
Drosnin, Michael, 349, 394
Dulles, Allen, 25, 30
Dulles, John Foster, 25, 30
Dunn, Burke, 111
Dunwoodie, Bob, 373n
Duong Tan Huu, 186, 232, 233, 262
Duong Van “Big” Minh, 52–53, 303, 417
Duong Van Khanh, 53–54, 64
DuPuy, William, 298
Durbow, Elbridge, 41
Eckhardt, George, 205, 212
Ehrlichman, John, 337, 415
Ellis, Ace, 159
Ellsberg, Daniel, 334, 411
El Salvador, counterterror operations in, 421–425
Enders, Rudy, 180, 296, 351, 352, 369, 370, 394, 410, 424
Engel, Byron, 35, 92, 366, 413–414
Enough Crying of Tears, 425
Ervin, Sam, 337
Eschbach, Robert, 159
Escola, Albert, 302
eye of God, in psychological warfare, 61–62, 283
Falke, Dick, 84
Fall, Bernard, 89
Fallaci, Oriana, 179
Fallwell, Marshall, 312
Family Census program, 73–74, 269
Far Eastern Economic Review, 395
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 104, 302, 366–368
Fenner, Claude, 137
Fernandez, Joe, 428
Field Police, 89–99, 124, 150–151, 208, 322, 325, 341
activities and objectives of, 93–99, 160–162, 173
need for development of, 89–92
First Indochina War, 23
Fisher, Sergeant, 125
Flores, Tom, 408, 410
Forbes (Special Branch adviser), 124
forced relocation, 50–51
Force Recon Marines, 166
Ford, John, 123
Foreign Affairs, 140
Forsythe, George, 135
Fortin, Dick, 72
France, 20–25
Diem and, 25
Vietminh and, 22–24
Vietnam colonized by, 20–22
Frazier, Linda, 361
Freed, Donald, 333
Freedom Company, 26, 27, 48
French, George, 184, 186, 278, 373n, 406
Freund, John, 298
Fulbright, William, 312, 320, 321
Fulcher, Stan, 396–399, 400, 420–422
Fulford, C. J., 364
Funkhouser, Richard, 368, 369
“Future Applicability of the Phoenix Program, The” (Milberg), 107, 201, 202
Gallagher, Phillip, 23
Galula, David, 21, 73, 74, 107–108, 112
Gambino, Robert, 120
Gavin, David, 345
Gene (administrator), 84
Generous, Kevin, 26
Geneva Accords (1954), 24, 27, 28, 34, 40, 42
Geneva Conventions, 13, 204, 312, 380, 382, 384, 386, 400
Article 3 of, 377–379
Gestapo, 192, 337, 353, 398
Geyer, Georgie Anne, 314, 317–318, 319
Gilardo, Bob, 394
Goldwater, Barry, 53
Goodwin, Richard, 48
Gore, Albert, 317
Gorman, Paul, 425
Gougleman, Tucker, 78–80, 102, 103, 109, 159, 256n, 294–296, 316–317, 417–418, 419
Gould, Robert, 349
Greaney, John, 342–343
Green Beret murder case, 297, 313, 315, 390
Green Berets, 10, 34, 85, 166
Greene, Graham, 26, 32
Greenwalt, William J., 144, 183, 184, 261
Gregg, Donald, 369–370, 371, 424–425, 428
Gregory, George, 313
Greyman, Ted, 205, 210, 212, 215, 288
Grieves, William “Pappy,” 91–99, 161, 162, 231, 316–317, 341, 365, 413–414
Guevara, Che, 373
Guinn, William, 345, 346
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 53
GVN (Government of Vietnam), see Vietnam, Republic of
Habib, Philip, 298
Hacker, Gary, 396
Haeberle, Robert, 346
Hai, Colonel, 363, 418
Haig, Alexander, 405
Hamilton, Ben, 414
Hammer, Michael, 422
Hansen, John, 127–128, 130–131
Harkins, Tom, 348
Harper, Robert, 152
Harrell, Jack, 394, 405
Harris, Stewart, 179
Harrison, Reed, 343n
Hart, John, 79, 106, 117, 121, 122, 136, 139, 146, 148, 174, 277
ICEX developed by, 127–129, 134, 135, 151, 347
personality of, 102–103
Ha Van Tien, 262
Hawkins, Augustus, 348
Haynes, Robert E., 261
Healy, Michael, 399, 400
Helms, Richard, 135, 139, 176, 184, 273, 313, 414, 415
Herbert, Anthony, 107–108
Herrmann, William, 337
Hersh, Seymour, 62, 342, 343, 344
HES (Hamlet Evaluation System), 257, 259–260, 277, 280–281, 301
Heyman, Vince, 116
Hill, Bob, 81
Hilsman, Roger, 73
Himmler, Heinrich, 192
HIP (Hamlet Informant program), 104, 107–108, 284
Hitler, Adolf, 192
Hoa Hao religious sect, 22, 25, 29, 55
Hoang Duc Nha, 304
Hoang Xuam Lam, 189
Ho Chau Tuan, 394
Ho Chi Minh, 22–23, 38, 74, 175
Ho Chi Minh Trail, 34, 61, 128, 277
Hodges, Paul, 78
Hoeksema, Renz, 116–117, 149, 160, 175
Hoffman, Abbie, 311
Hollingsworth, General, 370–371
Honduras, political assassinations in, 423
Ho Ngoc Hui, 343
Ho Ngoc Nhuan, 392
Honorable Men (Colby), 275
Hoover, J. Edgar, 367, 368
Hopper, Sam, 78
Hop Tac (Pacification Intensive Capital Area), 74–75, 120
Horgan, Jack, 124, 139, 141, 198–199, 201, 298
Horus, 62
Hostages of War (Luce), 347, 349
Houle, David, 12
Hubbard, Bob, 178
Hudman, John, 390
Hue, Tet offensive and, 178–180
Hugo, Victor, 62
Humphrey, Hubert, 71, 186
Hunt, Howard, 334, 337–338, 339
Hunt, James, 368n, 377
hunter-killer teams, 9–10, 12, 46, 207
Huston, Tom, 337
Huy, Nguyen Ngoc, see Nguyen Ngoc
Huy Huynh Thoi Tay, 393
Huynh Van Trong, 305
Hydle, Lars, 385, 392
ICEX (intelligence coordination and exploitation), 127–142, 166, 171, 173, 180, 190, 204, 220, 232, 264, 326, 347
Ide, Richard, 217
Indochina War, First, 23
Inchin Hai Lam, 211
informant operations, 104, 107–108, 112, 119
Inman, Robert, 181–186, 188–189, 232
interrogation, 73–88
development of models for, 73–81
methods and processes in, 81–86, 88
see also PICs; Special Branch
In the Midst of Wars (Lansdale), 25
IOCCs (Intelligence and Operations Coordination Centers), 230, 257
Israel, 220
Ivey, Ashley, 182
Jack (Vann’s deputy), 215, 265, 299–302, 332, 344, 363, 366–368, 391
Jackson, Larry, 396–400
Jacobsen, George “Jake,” 114, 374, 377, 382, 38
5, 390, 406
Jacqueney, Ted, 380–381
James, Hatcher, 188, 267, 268
Jantzen, Red, 329
Jenkins, Oscar L., 217
Johnson, Bill, 417, 419
Johnson, Chester, 329
Johnson, Harry “Buzz,” 257, 295, 348
Johnson, Johnny, 370
Johnson, Lyndon B., 53, 90, 113–116, 129, 134–135, 146, 160, 177, 181, 186, 191, 254, 273
Johnson, Ralph, 33, 39–40, 51, 58, 84, 135, 147–148, 150, 191, 230, 276, 278, 281, 291, 294, 427
on counterterrorism, 44, 335, 376
covert operations of, 44–45, 55, 60, 256
Johnson, Wayne, 168
Johnstone, Craig, 152, 190, 417, 419
Jones, Robert E., 261
Jorgenson, Gordon, 71, 102, 320
Joy, D. Duncan, 384
Kaiser, Robert, 314, 315
Kann, Peter, 264, 276, 314
Karhohs, Fred, 298, 366, 391
Karnow, Stanley, 20, 21, 40, 41, 79n, 176–177, 179, 180, 296, 328, 330, 338
Kaylor, Robert, 415
Kelly, Paul, 299
Kelly, Robert, 57, 59, 70
Kennedy, John F., 42, 52–53, 334
Kerwin, Walter, 135
Khiem, Mrs., 303
Khiem, Tran Thien, see Tran Thien Khiem
Khien, Colonel, 346
Khrushchev, Nikita, 42
Kieu (Special Branch chief), 345n
Kim Chong Pil, 77
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 338
Kirkpatrick, John, 426–427
Kissinger, Henry, 253, 254, 257, 313, 314n, 366–367, 406, 417
Kizirian, John, 141
Klare, Michael, 394
Kline, Jacques, 198
Knoll, Erwin, 313
Knowlton, William, 116
Kolon, Walter, 262–263, 368n
Komer, Robert “Blowtorch,” 123, 130, 133, 137, 142, 149, 152–153, 176, 254, 259, 265, 275, 298
assessments of, 146, 148, 191
mandate and methods of, 127, 128–129, 134–135, 143, 161–163, 184, 205, 258, 299–300, 427
military control favored by, 114, 115
personality of, 144
Phoenix program criticized by, 321–323
Korea, South, CIA operations in, 76–77
Koren, Art, 116
Koslowski, Peter, 357–360
Kotouc, Captain, 344–345
Kramer, Fritz, 366
Krogh, Egil, 337, 338
Krulak, Victor, 53
Kuomintang, 23, 186
Ky, Nguyen Cao, see Nguyen Cao Ky
Laboon, John, 9–11
Laird, Melvin, 297, 299, 321, 366, 367
Lam Minh Son, 407–408
Landreth, Rod, 277, 294–296, 304, 348, 394
Lane, Randolph, 343
Langbien, Joe, 363
Lange, Keith, 270
Lansdale, Edward, 25–30, 31, 34, 44, 47–48, 62, 71, 113, 116, 159, 304, 339
Lao Dong Central Committee, Reunification Department of, 38, 39
Laos, 12, 34, 37, 44, 60, 81, 90, 128, 195, 277
La Penca, bombing at, 427–428
Lapham, Lewis, 112, 116, 123, 172, 174–176, 188, 255, 277
Lapitosa, Phil, 310
Lathram, Wade, 115, 142
Latin America, CIA operations in, 77
Law, William, 144, 183–184
Lawlor, Bruce, 407–410
Lawton, Gilbert, 36
Leaping Lena program, 12, 61, 75
Ledford, Dick, 352, 354
Le Doan Hung, 262
Le Duan, 38 Legal Times, 428
Lemire, Lieutenant Colonel, 182, 189, 190
Lemoyne, Charles, 255, 339
Lemoyne, James, 339
Le Ngoc Tru, 187
Le Quang Tung, 52
Leslie, Mike, 123
Letelier, Orlando, 357, 361
Le Tri Tin, 407
Le Van An, 413
Le Van Thu, 292–293
Le Xuan Mai, 44, 59, 65, 67, 68, 72, 159
Liddy, Gordon, 337
Likert, Rensis, 129
LLDB (Luc Luong Duc Biet), 26–27, 52
Loan, Nguyen Ngoc, see Nguyen Ngoc Loan
“local initiatives,” 45, 54–55, 91
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 113, 115
Loi Nguyen Tan, 184–186, 189, 232–234, 262, 263, 322
Lombardi, Vince, 176
Lon Nol, 327–328, 329
Loomis, Patry, 357, 394, 407
Lowe, Bob, 93
Luce, Don, 347–350
Lu Lam, 159, 303, 353, 355
Luu Kim Cuong, 187n
Lybrand, John, 152, 190
Ly Trong Song, 262, 374
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group), U.S., 24, 31, 42, 45–46
McAfee, Gage, 386, 387
McCann, Michael, 300n
McCarthy, Emmett, 24
McCarthy, Eugene, 176, 177
McCarthy, John, 211
McCarthy, Roger, 355
McChristian, Joseph, 86–87, 120, 124, 135, 146, 176, 211, 267, 273
McCloskey, Pete, 377, 379, 382
McCoid, Chester, 367, 371–373, 374, 385, 390
McCoid, Dorothy, 371
McCollum, Doug, 97–98, 161–162, 341, 413
McCord, James, 415
McCoy, Tom, 177, 259
MacDonald, John E., 182
MacFarlane, Robert, 424
McGarvey, Pat, 62
McGehee, Ralph, 271–272, 274–275, 305–306
McGrevey, Thomas P., 329–330, 331
Mackem, Walter, 55–56
Mackin, Roger, 351, 352, 354
McLendon, Luther, 394n
McManaway, Clayton, 257, 314
McNamara, Robert, 177, 258
MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam), 42, 75, 94–96, 116, 118, 273, 300
Phoenix program and, 57, 86–88, 115, 126, 131, 135–137, 176, 182, 190, 204–205, 207, 209, 211–212, 224, 276, 318, 355–356
MACV Directive 381–41, 137–139, 188
McWade, Henry, 227–230, 262, 263, 269, 271
Maddox, Gary, 394
Maddox, USS, 53
Magsaysay, Ramon, 25
Mai Huu Xuan, 53
Mai Viet Dich, 262
Malaya, intelligence methods developed in, 73, 79, 92, 125, 299
Mandich, Ben, 296
Mann, Charlie, 93
Manopoli, John, 93, 136–137, 366, 391
Manzione, Elton, 9–13, 53, 60–61, 63, 170, 194–197, 202, 207, 285, 338, 340
Manzione, Lynn, 9
Mao, Major, 352, 355
March Against Death, 309, 312
Marks, John, 77, 414, 415
Martin, Graham, 412, 415–416
Mason, John, 278–279, 284, 308, 328–329, 367–368, 371, 373, 377
Matisse, Mr., 72
Mattson, Robert, 116
Melton, William, 180
Methven, Stu, 44–45, 55, 59, 63–64, 65, 320
Meyers, Ray, 400
Milberg, Warren, 107, 108, 144, 154–155, 163, 202, 203, 207, 219, 226
ideological convictions of, 193–194, 196–198
interviews with, 178–179, 181, 192–193, 194, 199–201
Manzione compared with, 195
Millett, Lew, 395, 396
Mills, Hawthorne, 314
Minh Van Dang, 371
Minneapolis Tribune, 264
Mitchell, David, 342
Mitchum, Robert, 76
Mitrione, Dan, 413
Monk, Harry “The Hat,” 70
Monopoly, General, 267, 270
Montagnards, 44, 76, 106, 162
Moorehead, William, 376
Moran, Joe, 330
Morrison, John, 394
Morse, Lieutenant, 125
motivational indoctrination, 58, 75, 426
Mountain Scouts program, 44–46, 51, 60
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 23
Moynihan, Daniel, 270
MSS (
Military Security Service), 87, 99, 121, 123, 176, 212, 213, 301, 306, 308, 353
MSUG (Michigan State University Group), 31–32, 35
Muldoon, John Patrick “Picadoon,” 76–86, 91, 104, 109
Murphy, Ed, 308–311, 312, 326, 338, 347
Mustakos, Harry, 201
My Lai massacre, 181, 297, 315, 342–347, 426, 428
Namath, Joe, 338
National Police, 92, 118, 353
MACV’s relationship with, 95–96, 118
Phoenix program and, 261, 270, 363, 369
Phung Hoang and, 232, 322
PICs and, 81–82
PRU and, 294–296, 316
see also Field Police; Special Branch
National Revolution Movement, 28
National Security Action Memorandum 273, 53
National Social Democratic Front, 304
Navy, U.S., 164, 168
Nazis, 198
neutralization, neutralization rates, 13, 190–191, 287
Newman, James, 371
New Patterns of Management (Likert), 129
Newsweek, 313, 330
New Yorker, 275
New York Herald Tribune, 107
New York Times, 68, 276, 308, 321, 339, 342, 348, 363, 378, 386, 405, 412
Ngo Cong Duc, 217, 293
Ngo Dinh Can, 24
Ngo Dinh Diem, 47, 51, 62–63, 71, 121, 176, 213, 304, 332, 335
assassination of, 53, 334
CIA support for, 24–27
coups against, 38, 52–54, 179
internal security as concern of, 27–29, 31–32, 41–42
Ngo Dinh Nhu, 24, 27, 28, 29, 38, 41, 42, 50–53, 54, 213, 294
Ngo Dinh Thuc, 24, 52
Ngo Vinh Long, 50
Nguyen Bao Thuy, 187
Nguyen Be, 58, 70, 159, 262
Nguyen Cao Ky, 42, 54, 69, 71, 120, 121, 145, 148, 176, 179, 186–188, 265, 417
Nguyen Cao Thang, 304
Nguyen Chi Thanh, 90
Nguyen Duc Khoi, 355
Nguyen Duc Thang, 71, 159
Nguyen Hiop, 285
Nguyen Huu Tho, 90
Nguyen Khac Binh, 188, 295, 395, 419
Nguyen Khanh, 179, 189
Nguyen Loc Hoa, 37
Nguyen Mau, 123, 187, 305–306, 308, 393
Nguyen Minh Chau, 348
Nguyen Minh Tan, 352, 418
Nguyen Ngoc Huy, 24, 28, 29, 54, 64, 69, 181, 186, 187, 256, 303, 320, 411, 421
Nguyen Ngoc Le, 27
Nguyen Ngoc Loan, 87, 120, 156, 186–187, 188, 417
as National Police director, 69, 95, 141
notoriety of, 180
Phoenix program opposed by, 121–123, 135n, 145–147
Tet offensive predicted by, 148–149, 176
Nguyen Ngoc Xinh, 120, 187
Nguyen Nuoi, 287
Nguyen Psu Sanh, 292
Nguyen Thi Bah, 286
Nguyen Tien, 121, 187, 352
Nguyen Ton Hoan, 54, 69
Nguyen Tuy, 51
Nguyen Van Dai, 96, 316–317, 356
Nguyen Van Giau, 374, 394, 414, 418
Nguyen Van Hong, 262
Nguyen Van Khoi, 200
Nguyen Van Kia, 285
Nguyen Van Lang, 256, 294, 316, 352, 394
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