by Lewis Sorley
preliminary study of forces required, [>]
and Progress Offensive, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and proposal to make Westmoreland Ambassador to South Vietnam, [>]
record made of historical material, [>]
and redefinition of enemy initiatives, [>]–[>]
and refusal to call up reserves, [>]–[>]
relieved of command, [>]–[>], [>] (n1)
departure, [>]–[>]
and Eisenhower's advice to LBJ, [>]
reports to LBJ and Congress (1967), [>]–[>], [>]
Wheeler warns of Congressional committees, [>]
as responsive more to civilian guidance than field operations, [>]
shaping of historical record attempted, [>]–[>], [>]
and shelling of civilians by Viet Cong, [>], 343n7
"small wars" outlook opposed by, [>]
South Vietnamese slighted, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
ammunition stocks low, [>]
Hoopes on, [>]
M-16 rifle denied to, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and Vietnamization, [>]–[>]
and Westmoreland's Report..., [>], [>]
subsequent gains claimed to be Westmoreland's work, [>]
and Tet offensive, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>] (n13) (see also Tet Offensive)
and Marines' failure to aid Lang Vei, [>]–[>]
and tour length of one year, [>]–[>]
harmful effects of, [>]–[>]
travel record for, [>]
and troop request after Tet, [>]–[>]
and Westmoreland as political spokesman, [>]–[>], [>] (see also "Progress Offensive")
Westmoreland's lasting preoccupation with, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and Westmoreland's Report..., [>]
and Westmoreland's subsequent ineffectiveness, [>]
Westmoreland's view of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
See also Vietnam War
AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
appointment announced, [>], [>]
Westmoreland thinks confirmation will be difficult, [>]
on Army's deteriorating appearance and discipline, [>]–[>]
assessments of, [>], [>]
on body count issue, [>]
and cease-fire plan, [>]
condition of Army during tenure of, [>]–[>]
earns aviator's rating, [>]
and GROW, [>]
and insensitive inspection of tanker trainees, [>]–[>]
interfering with promotion board, [>]–[>]
jealous of Abrams, [>], [>]
leadership pamphlet issued, [>]–[>]
officers' disdain for, [>]–[>]
Palmer stands in for Westmoreland, [>]–[>]
portrait of, [>], [>]
and professionalism study, [>]–[>]
publications and oral history to shape history of Vietnam War, [>]–[>], [>]
interviews gathered from officials, [>]–[>]
monographs, [>], [>]–[>]
Report on the War in Vietnam, [>], [>]–[>]
retirement of, [>]
tributes to, [>]–[>]
speaking about Vietnam, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
summary report of, [>]
and training initiatives, [>]
and volunteer Army, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
and Warner's friendly critique, [>]–[>]
White House ignores as political liability and presidential hopeful, [>]
and withdrawal of forces from Vietnam, [>]–[>]
IN RETIREMENT, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
advice politely ignored by four-star generals, [>]
and controversy about membership in 9th Infantry association, [>]–[>]
and DePuy's advice on demeanor, [>]
and family reconciliation, [>]
gubernatorial campaign of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
heart attack suffered by, [>]
job search, [>]–[>], [>]
libel suit brought against CBS, [>], [>]–[>], [>] (see also Libel suit against CBS)
and life in Charleston, [>]–[>]
Nixon asks for cease-fire advice, [>]–[>]
self-reflection on career of, [>]
speechmaking, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
as unused to civilian ways, [>]
Westmoreland "History," [>], [>]
West Point
Gerald Ford on Board of Visitors of, [>]–[>]
Koster as Superintendent of, [>]
outstanding classes of, [>]–[>]
Schwarzkopf visits, [>]
Westmoreland attends, [>]–[>]
and discrimination against black cadet (Benjamin Davis Jr.), [>]
predicted as future Chief of Staff, [>]–[>]
sense of humor attributed to, [>]
Westmoreland buried at, [>]
Westmoreland on cover of bicentennial history of, [>]
Westmoreland on coeducation at, [>]
Westmoreland honored by, [>]
Westmoreland invokes bond between graduates of (during libel suit), [>]
Westmoreland reports to on Vietnam, [>]
and Westmoreland's papers, [>]
Westmoreland as Superintendent of, [>], [>]–[>]
delivers last-day harangue on military discipline, [>]
and expansion of Corps, [>]–[>]
industrial management as focus of, [>]–[>]
MacArthur sought as advisor, [>]
opposes coeducation, [>]
and Playboy prohibition, [>]
Taylor agrees with superior evaluation of, [>]
Westmoreland visits to practice speech to editors, [>]–[>]
Westmoreland visits in retirement, [>]
Westmoreland visits on way to Vietnam, [>]
Wetzel, "Sam," [>]
We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young (Moore and Galloway), [>]
Weyand, Fred, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wheeler, Earle
and Army–Air Force relations, [>]–[>]
at dinner with Westmoreland as Chief of Staff, [>]
in LBJ meetings, [>], [>]
LBJ poorly advised by, [>]
and Khe Sanh battle, [>], [>], [>]
Komer sees as evil genius, [>]
for military approach in Vietnam, [>]
and M-16 rifles, [>], [>]
and pacification efforts, [>]
and reporting on war's progress, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
outraged by negative coverage, [>]
and request for additional troops, [>]–[>], [>]
at Saigon meeting, [>]
and Sharp, [>]
and Westmoreland, [>], [>]
advice about Congress, [>]
advice on favorable outlook, [>]–[>]
advice on trip for confirmation hearings, [>]
and body count, [>]
and Marines, [>]
and music broadcasts, [>]
and Westmoreland as Ambassador, [>]–[>]
and Westmoreland as CINCPAC, [>]–[>]
and Wheeler's inability to critique, [>]
Whitman, Ann, [>]
Wilkes, W. A., [>]
Williams, Edward Bennett, [>]
Williams, Samuel T., [>]
Williamson, Ellis "Butch," [>]–[>], [>]
Wilson, Charles E., [>]
Wilson, George, [>], [>], [>]
Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam, [>]–[>]
individual vs. unit, [>], 348n5
WON (Westmoreland Out Now), [>]
Woods, Stephen "Dick," [>], [>]
Woolley, Arthur R., [>]
Woolnough, James, [>]–[>]
World War II
expectation of involvement in, [>]
9th Infantry Division record in, [>]
Westmoreland in
North Africa, [>]–[>], [>]–316n1
Sicily, [>]–[>]
drive through France and Germany, [>], [>]–[>]
as chief of staff of infantry division, [>]
and postwar occupation of Germany, [>]–[>]
Wolfe (Sergeant of 187th in Korea), [>]
Worrall, Larry, [>]
Wright, Richard, [>]
Yamashita, Tomoyuki, [>], [>]–[>]
Yarborough, William, [>]–[>]
Yarmolinsky, Adam, [>]
Zaffiri, Samuel, [>]
Zais, Melvin, [>]
Zorthian, Barry, [>]–[>], [>]
Zumwalt, Elmo, [>]
About the Author
Lewis Sorley is a soldier, historian, biographer, and scholar of the Vietnam War. A third-generation graduate of West Point, he also holds a doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University. His two decades of service in the United States Army included command of tank and armored cavalry units, teaching at West Point and the Army War College, and Pentagon staff duty. Later he was a senior civilian official of the Central Intelligence Agency. This is his ninth book.