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by Lewis Sorley


  Westmoreland's consideration of expanding to, [>], [>]

  Larsen, Stanley "Swede," [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Lartéguy, Jean, [>]

  Laurion, Larry, [>]

  Lee, Robert E., [>], [>]

  LeMay, Curtis, [>], [>]

  Lemnitzer, Lyman, [>]

  Leroy, Catherine, [>]

  Leval, Pierre, [>], [>]

  Lewy, Guenter, [>]

  Libel suit against CBS, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  commentary on, [>]

  and crossover point, [>]

  and directed optimism, [>], [>]

  and inspector general, [>]

  settlement of, [>]–[>]

  and The Uncounted Enemy ..., [>]–[>] (see also Uncounted Enemy, The: A Vietnam Deception)

  Life magazine, [>], [>]

  Life photographers pre-positioned in Vietnam landing zone, [>]

  Liming, Robert, [>]

  Limits of Intervention, The (Hoopes), [>]

  Lionheads, The (Bunting), [>]

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Lownds, David, [>], [>]

  MacArthur, Douglas

  and Chinese intervention in Korea, [>], [>]–325n19

  and expansion of Corps, [>]

  speech at West Point, [>], [>]

  and Truman, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland compared to, [>]

  as Westmoreland familiar, [>]

  Westmoreland visits for advice on Vietnam, [>], [>], [>]

  and Westmoreland as West Point Superintendent, [>]

  MacDonald, Charles, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  MACV Forward, [>]–[>], [>]

  Mahon, G. Heyward, Jr., [>]

  Malaria, contracted by Westmoreland in Sicily, [>]

  Malaysia, counterinsurgency briefings in, [>]

  Mallory, Philip, [>]

  Malone, "Mike," [>]

  Manila summit, [>]

  Marines

  at Khe Sanh, [>], [>], [>]

  and Abrams's reproach, [>]

  fail to aid Lang Vei camp, [>]–[>]

  LBJ suggests increased use of, [>]

  opposed to Westmoreland's approach, [>]–[>]

  vs. Westmoreland on history of Vietnam War, [>], [>]

  and Westmoreland on Lang Vei incident, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland's criticism of, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland's troops compared favorably with, [>]–[>]

  by Westmoreland, [>]

  Mariniss, David, [>]

  Marsh, John, [>]

  Marshall, S.L.A., [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Martin, Everett, [>]

  Mayborn, Frank, [>], [>]

  McArthur, George, [>]

  McCaffrey, William, [>], [>]–[>]

  McCain, John S., Jr., [>]

  McChristian, Joseph, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  McCloy, John J., [>]

  McConnell, Camden, [>]

  McCue, Robert, [>]

  McCulloch, Frank, [>]

  McCullugh, Bull, [>]

  McDade, Robert, [>]

  McDonald, David, [>]

  McKenna, Tom, [>], [>]

  McMaster, H. R., [>], [>]

  McNair, Carl, [>]

  McNamara, Robert, [>], [>]

  and airfield construction decision, [>]

  and body count, [>]–[>]

  and choice of Westmoreland as commander, [>]

  and critical analyses of Westmoreland's approach, [>]

  disseminating deceptive reports on involvement in Vietnam, [>], [>]

  false optimism of (DePuy), [>]

  on inadequacy of search and destroy, [>]

  and JCS "Strategic Guidelines," [>]

  Joint Chiefs ignored by, [>]–[>]

  in meeting on new deployments without calling up reserves, [>]–[>]

  military understanding lacking in, [>]

  and M-16s for South Vietnamese, [>], [>]

  and request for additional troops, [>], [>], [>]

  statistical indicators laid down by, [>]

  on trips to Saigon, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and crossover point conflict, [>]

  pessimistic reports from, [>], [>]

  questions effectiveness of U.S. efforts, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland personalizes contacts with, [>]

  and Vance on relieving Westmoreland, [>]

  and Westmoreland as Ambassador, [>]–[>]

  and Westmoreland appeals, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland on inaccessibility of, [>]

  Westmoreland not asked to call on in visit to Washington, [>]–[>]

  on Westmoreland's conduct of war, [>]–[>]

  on Westmoreland and Tet, [>]–[>], [>]

  McSwain, John, [>]

  Media

  photographers pre-positioned in Vietnam landing zone, [>]

  and Westmoreland in Vietnam, [>]–[>]

  in Assessment of Influence... paper, [>]

  and bogus Silver Star ceremony, [>]

  Westmoreland's criticism of, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland views as unsophisticated, [>]

  and Westmoreland's Report..., [>]–[>]

  See also specific publications

  Meet the Press, Westmoreland on, [>]

  Memoirs of Westmoreland (A Soldier Reports), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  first feelers from publishers on, [>]

  and Ia Drang Valley ambush, [>]–[>]

  and Kitsy's summary, [>]–[>]

  and MacDonald, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  materials used in preparation of, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  paperback version of, [>], [>], 348n1

  reviews of, [>]

  Miles, Paul, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Milford, Dale, [>]

  Millett, Allan, [>]

  Millett, Lewis, [>]

  Milton, Hugh M., II, [>]

  Minh, Duong Van, [>]

  Minority soldiers. See Black soldiers

  Momyer, William, [>]–[>]

  M-1 rifle, [>], [>]

  Monographs ordered by Westmoreland on Vietnam War, [>], [>]–[>]

  Montgomery, Charlie, [>], [>], [>]

  Moore, Hal, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Moore, Raymond, [>]

  Moorer, Thomas, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Morris, Charles, [>]

  Morris, Earle, [>]

  Morris, Robert, [>]

  Morris, Robert E., [>]–[>]

  Morrison, William, [>], [>]–[>]

  Moser, Don, [>]

  Moskos, Charles, [>]

  Mounted Combat in Vietnam (Starry), [>]

  Moyers, "Bill," [>]

  M-16 rifle, [>]–[>], [>]

  Murphy, Edward, [>]

  My Lai massacre, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  professionalism study prompted by inquiry on, [>]

  question of Westmoreland's responsibility in, [>]–[>]

  Napoleon Bonaparte, on faulty plans, [>]

  National Press Club, Westmoreland addresses, [>], [>], [>]

  National Rifle Association, Westmoreland receives powder horn from, [>]

  National Security Action Memorandum [>], [>]

  National War College, Westmoreland booed at, [>], 348n9

  Neel, Spurgeon, [>]

  Neustadt, Richard, [>]

  Newspapers, Westmoreland critical of post-WWII, [>]. See also Media

  Newsweek, on Tet and Westmoreland's reputation, [>]

  New Yorker, Schell article in, [>]

  New York Post, on libel suit settlement, [>]

  New York Review of Books, Westmoreland memoirs reviewed in, [>]

  New York Times

  on libel suit settlement, [>]–[>]

  1967 year-end report excerpted in, [>]–[>]

  Pentagon Papers compiled in, [>]

  Westmoreland obituary in, [>]

  Westmoreland op-ed in, [>]

  Westmoreland's criticism of
, [>]

  on Westmoreland's satisfaction with conduct of war, [>]

  on Westmoreland troop request, [>]

  New York Times vs. Sullivan, [>]–[>]

  Ngo Dinh Diem, [>]

  Ngo Quang Truong, [>], [>]

  Nguyen Cao Ky, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Nguyen Duy Hinh, [>]

  Nguyen Gia Hien, [>]

  Nguyen Khanh, [>]

  Nguyen Van Thieu, [>], [>]

  Nguyen Van Toan, [>]–[>]

  9th Infantry Division, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Nixon, Richard

  and future of draft, [>]

  and Westmoreland, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  called on for advice on cease-fire agreement, [>]

  and choice of Haig, 350n12

  Distinguished Service Medal, [>]

  Westmoreland on strong Army, [>]

  in Westmoreland's criticism of volunteer Army, [>]

  North, Don, [>]

  North Vietnam

  unyielding determination of, [>]

  Westmoreland's consideration of expanding to, [>], [>]

  North Vietnamese forces

  buildup of in South Vietnam, [>], [>]

  infiltration routes of, on map, [>]

  modern weaponry provided for, [>]

  taunting American POWs about Westmoreland's tennis, [>]

  unanticipated intervention of (DePuy), [>]

  See also Communist forces in South Vietnam

  Norton, Jack, [>]

  Nuclear weapons

  Westmoreland argues in support of, [>]

  Westmoreland hints at for Vietnam, [>]

  and Westmoreland on Khe Sanh, [>]

  Westmoreland suggests in retrospect for Vietnam War, [>]

  Westmoreland supports use of to affect hurricanes, [>]

  Oakley, Robert, [>]

  Ogo, Sizuko, [>]

  187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team

  ROK citation for, [>]

  Westmoreland in command of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  101st Airborne Division, [>]

  Westmoreland in command of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  community-relations projects undertaken, [>]

  and Exercise Eagle Wing debacle, [>]–[>], [>]

  and Pentomic Division concept, [>]–[>]

  statistical indicators utilized, [>]

  welfare of troops as prime concern, [>]

  173rd Airborne Brigade, in Vietnam, [>], [>], [>]

  Operation Cedar Falls, [>]

  Operation Junction City, [>]

  Operation Overdrive, [>]

  and Westmoreland's West Point Superintendency, [>]

  Oral history interviews of Westmoreland, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Order of battle (enemy), [>]–[>]

  Davidson swings toward Westmoreland and administration, [>]

  in interview for CBS, [>]–[>]

  and libel suit, [>]–[>]

  and recollections of Westmoreland placing ceiling, [>]–[>]

  as public relations problem, [>]

  and Tet Offensive, [>]–[>]

  Orphanages in Japan, Westmoreland supports, [>]

  Overseas Weekly

  Jordan as reporter for, [>]

  Westmoreland's restriction of, [>]

  Pacification

  ARVN forces in (and allocation of M-16 rifles), [>]

  and Colby, [>]

  Honolulu conference mandates support for, [>]

  Marine generals favor, [>]

  McNamara on ineffectiveness of, [>]

  RVN seen as incapable of, [>]

  as South Vietnamese responsibility, [>]

  Washington views as working well, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland assigns to South Vietnamese, [>]

  and Westmoreland's Report..., [>]

  Westmoreland sees destruction of main force units as key to, [>], [>], [>]

  Westmoreland's slighting of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Hoopes on, [>]

  inflates order of battle to fend off pressure for, [>]

  Thompson on, [>]

  Palmer, Bruce, Jr., [>], [>]

  on early Army days, [>]

  tries to dissuade Westmoreland from lawsuit, [>]

  on Vietnam power turnovers, [>]

  and Vietnam War, [>]

  and South Vietnamese, [>]–[>]

  testifies to Congressional committee, [>]

  and Westmoreland, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Westmoreland as Chief of Staff, [>], [>]

  effectively runs Army as Vice Chief of Staff, [>]–[>]

  for unit withdrawal, [>]

  and Westmoreland lawsuit, [>]

  in Westmoreland's memoirs, [>]

  Palmer, Dave, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Palmer, Williston B., [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Parker, James, [>]

  Pattison, Hal, [>]

  Patton, George S., [>], [>], [>]

  Pearson, Drew, [>]

  Pearson, Willard, [>]–[>]

  Peers, William R., [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Pendleton, W.H.K., [>]

  Pentagon Papers, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Pentagon staff officer, Westmoreland as, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and anti–Christmas card directive, [>]–[>]

  Pentomic divisions, [>]–[>], 321n19

  and Westmoreland as 101st Airborne commander, [>], [>]–[>]

  People's war, Westmoreland high command obtuse toward, [>]. See also Pacification

  Percy, Charles, [>]

  Perry, Mark, [>]

  Pershing, John J., West Point graduation addressed by, [>]

  Personnel policy, as Westmoreland assignment, [>]

  Philippines, Westmoreland family in, [>], [>], [>]

  Pike, Otis, [>]

  Pisor, Robert, [>], [>]

  Playboy, Westmoreland seeks to ban at West Point, [>]

  Polo, Westmoreland learns at Fort Sill, [>]

  Powell, "Bev," [>]

  Prados, John, [>]

  Press. See Media

  Professionalism

  Army War College study finds deficient, [>]–[>], [>]

  and Westmoreland on Marines, [>]

  "Progress Offensive," [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Westmoreland, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  PROVN (Program for the Pacification and Long-Term Development of Vietnam) study, [>], [>]–[>]

  Psaki, Nicholas, [>]

 

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