by Lewis Sorley
U.S. Army Military History Institute Oral History Interviews Consulted
General Donald V. Bennett; General Frank'S. Besson Jr.; Lieutenant General Charles A. Corcoran (Abrams Story Interview); General William E. DePuy; General Ralph E. Haines Jr.; General Hamilton H. Howze; General Harold K. Johnson; Colonel Ted Kanamine (Abrams Story Interview); General Donald R. Keith; Lieutenant General Harry W. O. Kinnard; General William A. Knowlton; Colonel Jonathan F. Ladd (Abrams Story Interview); General William B. Rosson; General John L. Throckmorton; Lieutenant General Walter F. Ulmer Jr.; General Volney F. Warner; General William C. Westmoreland (Cameron/Funderburk); General William C. Westmoreland (Ganderson).
Other Oral Histories and Interviews Consulted
LBJ LIBRARY
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker; Ambassador W. Averell Harriman; General Walter T. Kerwin Jr.; Ambassador Robert Komer; General John P. McConnell (USAF); Honorable Stanley R. Resor; General Earle G. Wheeler; Lieutenant General Samuel T. Williams.
MARINE CORPS ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Lieutenant General John A. Chaisson; Major General Rathvon McC. Tompkins; General William C. Westmoreland (USA).
U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
Ambassador Robert Komer and Colonel Robert M. Montague; Professor Douglas Pike; Major General Ellis W. Williamson.
WGBH COLLECTION, HEALEY LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON
William E. Colby; Ambassador Richard Holbrooke; Honorable Melvin Laird; Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; General Edward C. Meyer; Ambassador John Negroponte; Dr. Walt Rostow; General William C. Westmoreland.
Index
Abrams, Creighton, [>]
as Army Chief of Staff, [>]
and Harold K. Johnson on Westmoreland, [>]
in LBJ meeting about troop request, [>]
and Khe Sanh withdrawal, [>], [>]
and Lang Vei incident, [>], [>]
and MACV Forward, [>]–[>]
notifies Westmoreland of death of brother-in-law, [>]
"One War" approach of, [>]
and removing Self-Defense Forces from order of battle, [>]
as replacement for Westmoreland, [>]–[>]
recommended, [>]
on support for ARVN, [>], [>]
and Tet Offensive, [>], [>]
and pre-Tet troop dispositions, [>]
for unit vs. individual withdrawals, [>]
as Vice Chief of Staff, [>]
Westmoreland compared with, [>]
Westmoreland jealous of, [>], [>]
and Westmoreland on Washington Post series, [>]
Williams on capability of, [>]
as youngest lieutenant general, [>]
Abrams, Herbert, [>], [>]
Acronyms and abbreviations, [>]–[>]
Adams, Sam (CIA analyst), [>], [>]
Afrika Corps, [>]
Ailes, Stephen, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Air assault division, in Army–Air Force contention, [>]
Airborne infantry
and Westmoreland, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
and criticism of Pentomic divisions, [>]
See also 82nd Airborne Division; 101st Airborne Division
Airmobile developments, Westmoreland's ignorance of, [>]
Airmobile division, [>]
Air power, [>], [>], [>]
AK-[>] assault rifle, [>], [>]
Allen, George, [>], [>]
Allison, C. FitzSimons, [>]
Almquist, Elmer, [>]
Alsop, Joe, [>]
Alzheimer's disease, [>]
Ambrose, Stephen, [>], [>]
Ambush
of U.S. units, [>], [>]–[>]
Westmoreland on U.S. use of, [>]
Anderson, Jack, [>], [>], [>]
Anderson, James, [>]
Anderson, Martin, [>]
Anderson, Norman, [>]
Antiwar movement, [>], [>], [>]
and Westmoreland's daughter, [>]
Apple, R. W. "Johnny," [>], [>], [>]
Argo, Reamer "Hap," [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Armored forces
omitted in monographs, [>]
Westmoreland's disdain for, [>]
Army Chaplain School, Westmoreland addresses, [>]
Army Command & General Staff College, Westmoreland lectures at, [>]
Army Management School, Westmoreland presents management beliefs to, [>]
Army Military History Institute, oral history interviews for, [>]
Army War College
professionalism study by, [>]–[>], [>]
students create fake prize to ridicule Westmoreland, [>]–[>]
Westmoreland and Abrams compared in lecture at, [>]
Westmoreland as instructor at, [>]–[>]
Westmoreland speaks to, [>]
Army War College Study on Military Professionalism, [>]
Arnett, Peter, [>], [>]
Artillery, Westmoreland in, [>]–[>]
ARVN. See South Vietnamese
Ashworth, R. L. "Bob," [>]
Askins, Charley, [>]
Assessment of Influence Exerted on Military Operations by Other Than Military Considerations, [>]
Association of the United States Army (AUSA), and Westmoreland, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Atkinson, Rick, [>]
Attrition, war of, as Westmoreland approach, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Clifford sees as unsupportable, [>]
and degradation of U.S. units, [>]–[>]
failure of, [>], [>], [>]
and kill ratios, [>]
McNamara on claims for, [>]
Westmoreland bemoans, [>]
Westmoreland's defense of, [>]
Westmoreland reports progress in, [>]
Westmoreland researches term, [>]
Westmoreland's view of, [>], [>]
Westmoreland unrepentent on, [>]
Atwater, Lee, [>]
Austin, Gordon H., [>]
Baden-Powell, Sir Robert, [>]
Bagnal, Charles, [>]
Baker, Kristin, [>]
Baldwin, Hanson, [>], [>]
Baltimore Sun, on libel suit settlement, [>]
Bandy, Lee, [>]
Barriger, William L., [>], [>]
Barrow, "Bud," [>]
Baruch, Bernard, [>]
BBC, Westmoreland's appearance on, [>]
BDM Corporation, [>]–[>]
Beckel, Robert, [>]
Bedell, Sally, [>]
Beech, Keyes, [>], [>]
Benjamin, Burton, [>]
Bennett, Donald, [>], [>]–[>]
Bergerud, Eric, [>]
Berks, Robert, [>]
Berry, Sidney, [>]
Beschloss, Michael, [>]
Besson, Frank, [>]
Betros, Lance, [>]
Big Story (Braestrup), [>]
Big war approach. See Search and destroy
Binder, James, [>]
Black soldiers
Army moves for proper treatment of, [>]
and Octofoil Association, [>]
Blaik, Earl, [>]
"Blueprint for Viet-Nam" (Bunker), [>]
Boat people, and Buckley on Vietnam, [>]
Body count, 330n2
and civilian guidance, [>]
as measure of success, [>], [>]
and "crossover point," [>]
relevance of in face of North Vietnamese replacement, [>]
questions on accuracy of, [>]–[>]
Westmoreland's private vs. public views on, [>]
Schwarzkopf's criticism of, [>]
and Tet as victory, [>]
Westmoreland claims to be conservative, [>]
and Westmoreland's libel suit, [>]
and Westmoreland's Report..., [>]
See also Statistical indicators
Boies, David, [>], [>], [>]
Boney, Leslie, [>]–[>]
Borman, Frank, [>]
Bowser (Sergeant of 187th in Korea), [>]
Boyce, Lieutenan
t Colonel (doctor attending Westmoreland), [>]
Boy Scouts, and Westmoreland, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bradford, Zeb, [>]–[>]
Bradlee, Ben, [>]
Bradley, Omar, [>], [>]
Braestrup, Peter, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Brink Hotel, Viet Cong terrorist attack on, [>], [>]
Brown, Arthur, [>]–[>]
Brown, George, [>]
Brucker, Wilber, [>]
Bryan, "Babe," [>]
Buckingham, Clay, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Buckley, Kevin, [>]
Buckley, William F., Jr., [>], [>], [>]
Buddhist uprising (1966), in Assessment of Influence ... paper, [>]
Budge, Larry, [>]
Bugg, Elisabeth, [>]–[>]
Bui Diem, [>]–[>]
Bullock, Hugh, [>]
Bundy, McGeorge, [>], [>], [>], 343n3
Bunker, Ellsworth, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bunting, Josiah, [>]
Bureau of the Budget, Westmoreland presents management theories to, [>]
Burt, Dan, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Butler, Jack, [>]–[>], [>]
Butterfield, Fox, [>]
Byers, Clovis E., [>], [>]
Byrd, Hal, [>]
Byrnes, James F., I, [>], [>]
Cambodia, [>], [>], [>]
Cam Ranh Bay, [>], [>], [>]
Cao Van Vien, [>]
Card (Sergeant of 187th in Korea), [>]
Carland, John, [>], [>]
Caruthers, Larry, [>]
Carver, George, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Casablanca, landing at, [>], [>]–316n1
Cavazos, Richard, [>]
CBS
libel suit against, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] (see also Libel suit against CBS)
Westmoreland documentary on, [>]–[>]
critiques of, [>]–[>], [>]
Westmoreland's disapproval of, [>]
Cease-fire agreement, Westmoreland's advice on solicited, [>]
Centurions, The (Lartéguy), [>]
Ceramic elephants, [>]
Chaisson, John, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Chambers (driver in Germany), [>]
Chesarek, Ferdinand, [>]–[>]
Chilcoat, Richard, [>], [>]
Christian, George, [>]
CIA
and enemy order of battle, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
pacification pressure from, [>]–[>]
Citadel, The, [>], [>]
Civilian Irregular Defense Group, [>]–[>]
Clarke, Bruce, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>] (n20)
Clarke, Jeffrey, [>]
Cleveland, Conrad, [>], [>], [>]
Clifford, Clark, [>], [>], [>]
and request for additional troops, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
tries to dissuade Westmoreland from libel suit, [>]
Clifton, Chester, "Ted," [>], [>]–[>]
Clinton, Bill, [>]
Coats, Wendell, [>], [>]
Cohen, Harold, [>]
Colby, William, [>], [>]
Collins, James Lawton, Jr., [>], [>], [>], [>]
Combat Infantryman's Badge, [>], [>]
Command and General Staff College
Westmoreland booed at, [>], 348n9
Westmoreland as instructor at, [>]
Communist forces in South Vietnam
declining strength of alleged, [>]
increase in number of (1965), [>]
infiltration rate of, [>], [>] (see also Crossover point)
initiatives of
as assessment method, [>]
increase in (1967), [>]–[>]
at Khe Sanh, [>] (see also Khe Sanh)
order of battle of, [>]–[>] (see also Order of battle)
Davidson changes direction, [>]–[>]
staying power of underestimated, [>], [>]–[>]
strategy of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
political-psychological goals in, [>]
and Tet, [>]–[>], [>], [>] (n13) (see also Tet Offensive)
weapons upgraded for, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
See also North Vietnam forces; Secret Self-Defense Forces; Self-Defense Forces; Viet Cong
Company Commander (MacDonald), [>]
Concentration camp, Westmoreland's unit enters, [>