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![]() While the U.S. government frequently had him speak to public groups, he raised controversy when he spoke of possible North Vietnamese war crimes at Hue during the Tet Offensive, but also spoke of the disorganization and corruption of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam. After his State Department service, he worked at the Defense Department and the Congressional Research Service, and then moved to academia. Also in his sabbatical year, he wrote a complementary book to the organization and technique monograph, focused on the political side: War, Peace and the Viet Cong[3] He is widely considered among the most authoritative sources on the opposition to the South Vietnamese government. He formed the Indochina Research Center as a reference collection while at the University of California,Berkeley[4] When funds were cut at Berkeley, he moved to Texas Tech University, which has an active program on Vietnam. He gave an oral history on his Vietnam experience to the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library.[5] References
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