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...ist and author, who was especially controversial for his coverage of the [[Vietnam War]], where some thought he was providing critical investigation for the p

| Vietnam U.S. government documents, especially those from the Vietnam War, exclude some of these countries. Myanmar/Burma is placed in South Asi

...he [[Vietnam War]], in which they were joined by [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] (ARVN) and Australian troops. It was initiated by a [[human-source intell ...itation | title = Leatherneck: Operation Starlite: The First Battle of the Vietnam War | first = Otto J. | last = Lehrack | url = http://www.military.com/New

...h Vietnamese government, it was in Thua Thien prefecture, of north-central Vietnam. 660 km from [[Hanoi]] and 1080 km from [[Saigon]], it is a geographical c ...as to move the capital from Saigon to Hue. He also named his new reign, '''Vietnam''', although it was still known as the [[Nguyen Dynasty]]. While he permitt

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...ated as a fighter-bomber, used extensively in air operations against North Vietnam. The aircraft was really more of a light to medium bomber than a fighter, o ...h the F-4G suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) version was not used in Vietnam.

...8, he was a full general who found himself increasingly at odds with the [[Vietnam War]] strategy of [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]] and [[William Westmoreland]]. H

* [[A-4 Skyhawk]], Vietnam era light bomber * [[A-6 Intruder]], Vietnam era medium bomber

...0 years as Prime Minister. <ref>{{citation | title=Pham Van Dong, Voice of Vietnam's Revolt, Dies at 94 ...cording to the program of the [[National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam]],<ref name=Moyar>{{citation

''This is an interim copy from [[Vietnam War]], and has some things that will probably move to the coming new articl {{r|Democratic Republic of Vietnam}}

A broad-front coalition, formed with Chinese sponsorship, by [[Vietnam|Vietnamese]] nationalists while [[Vichy France]] and [[Japan]] controlled [

...rm the western border. It is 272km north of Hanoi on [[National Highway 3 (Vietnam)|National Highway 3]]. of Vietnamese-Chinese border. The terrain is mount | author = Sinh cafe Travel Vietnam Opentour}}</ref> which the Ministry of Tourism plans to develop as a histo

...the North Vietnamese military victory of 1975, is the major urban area of Vietnam. Before the French invasion and colonization of 1859, it was called '''Gia

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...the [[Indochinese revolution]], the capital of [[Lai Chau Province]] of [[Vietnam]]

...the 1969 secret peace talks between the U.S. and [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]]

...g a November 1970 raid on a [[prisoner of war]] camp at Son Tay in [[North Vietnam]]; the operation was well-executed but the prisoners had been moved away so

*U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1965'', Annex N. Saigon, 1966. *U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1966'', Annex M. Saigon, 1967.

Brother and chief political advisor to [[Republic of Vietnam]] president [[Ngo Dinh Diem]]. While he did carry out special projects such

...y of Defense]], becoming a major architect of policy, especially for the [[Vietnam War]], in the [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] administrations

...e capital of '''Binh Duong Province''' which is in the [[Saigon]] area of Vietnam. It is north of Saigon/[[Ho Chi Minh City]], which forms its southern borde [[National Highway 13 (Vietnam)|National Highway 13]] goes through the province. Key wartime locations alo

...the [[U.S. Army]], who was the last head of [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]] and then [[Chief of Staff of the Army]], who built the volunteer army and

...[[Bay of Pigs invasion]] and the commitment of U.S. ground forces in the [[Vietnam War]]. When the invasion of Cuba was first discussed, Shoup did a demonstra ...f Duty: Johnson, Pike, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

{{main|Joint warfare in South Vietnam 1964-1968}} ...peration CEDAR FALLS''' was a 19-day "search and destroy" mission of the [[Vietnam War]], conducted in January 1967 in the "Iron Triangle" area northwest of S

A Communist offensive in the [[Vietnam War]], possibly part of a larger strategy, in early 1968. The attackers suf

...]] (Friendship Gate) is the northern termination of [[National Highway 1 (Vietnam)|National Highway 1]]. It is 154 north of Hanoi. ...Hanoi]]-[[Haiphong]]-[[Quang Ninh Province]] corridor from China, through Vietnam to the ''Bac Bo'' (Gulf of Tonkin) and other [[ASEAN]] nations. <ref name=V

An [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] general who led the 1964 coup that [[South Vietnamese Buddhist crisis and

...-1966. He was intensely involved in the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] and the [[Vietnam War]]. He was the younger brother of [[William Bundy]], also an official in ...nson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

'''Ha Tuyen Province''' is on the northern border of [[Vietnam]], against the [[Yunnan Province]] of China. Its capital is '''Ha Giang'''.

...formed a group that variously were reviled for hurting the U.S. effort in Vietnam, as well as presenting a truthful account that had been suppressed by offic ...phy of a controversial military, and then civilian pacification officer in Vietnam, John Paul Vann.<ref name=Sheehan>{{citation

...or [[Army aviation]], and deployment of an air assault division into the [[Vietnam War]]

...al in the [[People's Army of Viet Nam]] and commander of forces in [[South Vietnam]]; believed to have planned the [[General Offensive-General Uprising]], but

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An [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] general that suppressed a 1960 coup against [[Ngo Dinh Diem]], participat

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...ula (AO-51)|USS ''Ashtabula'' (AO-51)]] while operating off the coast of [[Vietnam]] in early 1966.]]

...in the Central Highlands, during the buildup of U.S. ground forces in the Vietnam War. He later commanded the Sixth United States Army in the Presidio of San ...Field Force, which operated in the ARVN II Corps tactical zone in Central Vietnam.

...rang]]. He later was a member of the Politburo of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]

Born in [[Nam Dinh Province]], in northern Vietnam, on March 15, 1923, he left school as a teenager and joined the anti-French He had been a key post-[[Vietnam War]] negotiator with the U.S., attempting normalization in 1975. In 1980,

...ountries, and was the most important AAA piece in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

...l region in those parts of French Indochina that eventually became [[South Vietnam]]. This area contains the Central Highlands, which are the traditional home Annam generally corresponded with the [[II Corps tactical zone]] of [[South Vietnam]]. While the core of the [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] government were from the north

The period of the [[Vietnam War]] in which large numbers of foreign ground troops, primarily but not ex

Light and irregular infantry units in the [[Republic of Vietnam]], typically defending their local area, and trained and led by [[United St

In the southern and western part of [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]] forms the northern border of '''Binh Phuoc Province'''. To ...he [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]], a harbinger of the [[fall of South Vietnam]].<ref name=Palmer>{{citation

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A program for rural security and counterinsurgency, under the [[South Vietnam|South Vietnamese]] government of [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] and directed by his brot

'''Ninh Thuan Province''' is the southernmost part of central [[Vietnam]]; the South China Sea forms its eastern border. Its capital is '''Phan Ran

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...ical transport [[helicopter]], principally for [[medical evaluation]]. In Vietnam, [[armed helicopter]] variants soon appeared, and eventually the dedicated

...ween the Nguyen Dynasty and the region of [[Annam]]; the final "emperor of Vietnam", [[Bao Dai]], traced his heritage to this line.<ref name=BDstamp>{{citatio | title = Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam}}</ref>

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...s]] and later attempts at normalization with the United States after the [[Vietnam War]]. Affiliated with pro-Soviet factions, he was eventually removed, in 1

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...[Tibet]], via [[Burma]] ([[Myanmar]]), [[Cambodia]], China, [[Laos]], and Vietnam. The Vietnamese name means "nine dragons", referring to the nine mouths int | publisher = Vietnam Travel}}</ref> Under French administration, the region was called [[Cochin

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...or [[ARC LIGHT]] and [[Operation Linebacker II]] [[B-52]] bombers in the [[Vietnam War]]; forward base for [[B-2 Spirit]] stealth bombers operating in the Wes

...al art]]; During his career as an infantry officer, he served two tours in Vietnam and gained staff experience at all levels up to assistant division commande

...of Tonkin Resolution]] authorizing large-scale combat involvement in the [[Vietnam War]]

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...' was a chemical defoliant used by the United States military during the [[Vietnam War]] that has since become recognized as a serious health hazard. During the Vietnam War, U.S. forces tried to deny the enemy forest and jungle cover by sprayin

...ationalism, was an emissary to [[Ho Chi Minh]], and remained an analyst of Vietnam. | title = Vietnam, a History

...foreign policy specialist, first a [[United States Navy]] officer in the [[Vietnam War]], who rose to positions including Deputy Secretary of State in the fir

...he traditional home of the [[Montagnard]], also called Dega, peoples of [[Vietnam]], contain three provinces:

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...[[Ambassador]] and chief of the [[United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]], (Jul 20, 1973 &mdash; April 29, 1975). He was preceded by [[Ellsworth Bu

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...reted songs is "[[Born in the U.S.A.]]", about an unemployed [[Vietnam War|Vietnam veteran]], which [[Ronald Reagan]] used as campaign theme music unaware of

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...in [[World War II]]; commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet during the [[Vietnam War]], while his son, [[John McCain]], was a [[prisoner of war]]

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'''Thanh Hoa Province''' is in north-central [[Vietnam]], at the narrowest part of the country. Its northern neighbors are [[Hoa ==Vietnam War==

...et Nam]], who commanded the 1975 invasion resulting in the [[fall of South Vietnam]] and reunification; protege of [[Vo Nguyen Giap]]; joined Politburo in 198

...e organization of a religion, CaoDaism (Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do), in 1926 in Vietnam. "The philosophy of CaoDaism is the essence of many religions united. Cao D ...he single-party Vietnamese state, but the religion itself lives on outside Vietnam.

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...ined the former '''Binh Tuy Province''', is an area of southern coastal [[Vietnam]]. [[Lam Dong Province]] forms its northern border; the [[South China Sea]]

...ht on January 2, 1963, a small but politically significant battle of the [[Vietnam War]], won by the [[Viet Cong]] against [[Army of the Republic of Viet Nam]

==Vietnam era== ...he served as the Commanding Officer, 2d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment in Vietnam. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 20, 1966. During this tou

...e Dubrow (1904-1997) was United States [[Ambassador]] to the [[Republic of Vietnam]] (April 16, 1957 to May 3, 1961) He was a career diplomat and [[Foreign Se ...rick Reinhardt]] as head of the [[United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]]. [[John F. Kennedy]] replaced Durbrow in an attempt to improve U.S.-Vietn

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...southernmost of the three main regions of French Indochina, which became [[Vietnam]]. Other variants on the name include "Cochinchina", "Cochin-China", or "Co After the [[Republic of Vietnam]] was formed, Cochin China, less [[Saigon]], was roughly equivalent to [[IV

...[[ambassador]] and head of the [[United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]], from May 10 to August 15, 1963. A career [[Foreign Service Officer]], h

....He was at the heart of the restructuring of the [[U.S. Army]] after the [[Vietnam War]] disrupted its tradition, discipline, and ability. ==Vietnam War==

...d the [[Soviet Union]]; shared 1973 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for ending the [[Vietnam War]]; Director, Atlantic Council

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...ce]] and the [[U.S. Information Agency]] in [[South Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. He is now a partner in the public affairs firm, Alcalde & Fay. ==Vietnam==

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* [[Red River (Asia)‎]], the main river delta of northern [[Vietnam]], with headwaters in [[Yunnan Province]], China

...understood in the West, from the Politburo of the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]], differing from Chinese and Soviet doctrine, and focused on creating the

...he country, III corps near the capital, etc. In July 1970, the Republic of Vietnam redesignated its CTZs as Military Regions (MR).<ref>{{citation | url = http://ehistory.osu.edu/vietnam/books/vietnamization/0068.cfm

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{{main|Vietnam War}} ...short of active combat intervention, but, as with '''U.S. advisers in the Vietnam War''', may take increasingly active roles in supporting what is called the

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| title = Understanding Special Operations And Their Impact on The Vietnam War Era, 1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Prouty, Colonel USAF (Retired) ...] had been involved with counterinsurgency in the Philippines, and then in Vietnam from 1954 on, he suddenly dropped from the decision process in the early Ke

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...al of Honor]] for actions in the [[Vietnam War]]. He served four tours in Vietnam, and became one of the Army's experts on long-range ground [[special reconn | url = http://www.historynet.com/fred-zabitosky-vietnam-veteran-and-medal-of-honor-winner.htm/1

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...te tactical headquarters below the level of [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]] (MACV) To avoid confusion vith South Vietnamese Corps Tactical Zones, U. | title = Lessons Learned, Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam

As part of the 1963 United States policy development on the [[Vietnam War]], President John F. Kennedy, on September 6, [[Major General]] [[Victo ...a [[Foreign Service Officer]] and later Acting Assistant Administrator for Vietnam for the [[Agency for International Development]] (AID} was pessimistic. <re

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...arty]] formed in 1930. During much of the [[Indochinese revolution]] and [[Vietnam War]], while the Party members were certainly Marxist-Leninists, they prefe

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...tes Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] officer decorated for combat in the [[Vietnam War]]

...was the nucleus of U.S. naval forces, at sea, in the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]]. ===Vietnam War===

...hat were often figurehead positions in the [[Government of the Republic of Vietnam]].

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...1911 - 1990) was a member of the Politburo of the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]]. While he was listed as "special adviser", he was actually the head of th

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...ry, rich in mountains, forests, and minerals. It is one of the areas where Vietnam is intending simultaneous, ecologically sound development of [[tourism]] an ...and is a growing educational and industrial center; [[National Highway 3 (Vietnam)|National Highway 3]] runs from Hanoi, through Thai Nguyen and Cao Bang, to

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...na, [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], and [[Vietnam]]. In March 2005, the national oil companies of China, the Philippines, and Vietnam signed a joint accord to conduct marine seismic activities in the Spratly I

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Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia; neighbouring parts of Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Malaysia; Ceylon. Language: Pali. China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Christmas Island.

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...ook ''Friendly Fire'', discussing U.S. Fratricide (military)|fratricide in Vietnam.

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...e ancestral lands are in the highlands of Southeast Asia, principally in [[Vietnam]] but also in Laos and Cambodia. The term '''moi''' has also been used, esp ...os of Selected Tribes Residing Along the Western Border of the Republic of Vietnam

...implement the Geneva 1954 accords in a way that would have abandoned South Vietnam.<ref name=Kissinger>{{citation ...ietman War: A history of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year =1973}}, p. 33</ref>

...y full general, and Chief of Staff of the Army during the key years of the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1968. ...us in the military to violate almost every one of the principles of war in Vietnam. Therefore, I resign and will hold a press conference after I walk out of y

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'''Bac Can Province''' is a still fairly remote and rural area of [[Vietnam]]. It is mountainous; its caves provided refuge for [[Viet Minh]] guerrilla

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...gle reference. Fall, a naturalized U.S. citizen who had made Indochina and Vietnam the focus of his lifework, died in combat accompanying U.S. ground forces i ...the only journalist to receive a combat valor decoration from the U.S. for Vietnam. All the former enemies were also generals, although not all retired. They

...edit|{{Boys in Vietnam Playing Marbles.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Schoolboys in [[Vietnam]] playing a competitive game of marbles.]]

...and the first Prime Minister, for a time after Diem's overthrow in the [[Vietnam War, Buddhist crisis and military coup of 1963]]. Of the [[Buddhist]] major ...te a Diem-initiated program to Vietnamize ethnic Chinese resident in South Vietnam: 1,000,000 Chinese-identified people, especially in the [[Saigon]] distric

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...Lai''' is a coastal area in Vietnam that was a key logistics base in the [[Vietnam War]]. Prior to its wartime use, it had no Vietnamese name, but the name ap ...[[Quang Ngai]] provinces. Quang Ngai has been one of the poorest areas in Vietnam, due, in part, to both typhoons and seasonal droughts.

...t civilian-military role in the [[United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]]. <ref name=Arl>{{citation |title =Robert Komer, 78, Figure in Vietnam, Dies

'''Can Tho Province''' is a province of [[Vietnam]], in the [[Mekong Delta]]. Its capital is [[Can Tho City]], which has bee [[National Highway 1 (Vietnam)|National Highway 1]] runs through the province, with [[Soc Trang]] an inte

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{{main|Pacification in South Vietnam}} ...'''strategic hamlet''', which the U.S. had suggested, to the [[Republic of Vietnam]] government in the early sixties, as a fundamental national strategy. Begi

...g>{{citation | title = Argument Without End: : In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy ==During Joint warfare in South Vietnam 1964-1968==

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{{main|Vietnam War}} ...the [[Vietnam War]]. Nixon wanted to achieve a peace agreement with North Vietnam before the [[1972 Presidential election]] but intransigence at the negotiat

...tches''''' is a stream-of-consciousness, autobiographical account of the [[Vietnam War]] by [[Esquire Magazine]] correspondent [[Michael Herr]]. The book was

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* Castle, Timothy N. ''At War in the Shadow of Vietnam: U.S. Military Aid to the Royal Lao Government, 1955-1975.'' Columbia U. Pr ...French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.'' Indiana U. Press, 2002. 1172 pp.

...ly, to cause mudslides that could close the passes between China and North Vietnam. ...ocratic Republic of Vietnam|Hanoi]] used to move men and material to South Vietnam. Flights using silver iodide flares were flown by the [[Air Weather Service

...Cộng sản Việt Nam''') is the ruling party of the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]]. <ref name=CS-VN-VCP>{{citation | title = Vietnam: A Country Study

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...incipal regions, from French Indochina, which made up what was to become [[Vietnam]]. Its key feature is the Red River Delta.

An island in the [[Mekong Delta]] of Vietnam, '''Ben Tre Province''' is traversed by four rivers: the Ba Lai, Co Chien,

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An [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] general, '''Tran Thien Khiem''' was involved in suppressing the November | title = Vietnam, a History

...eliborne force, the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Assault),a key unit in the [[Vietnam War]]. ...e airmobile force needed tuning, it was effective and was soon deployed in Vietnam.

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...s the only battleship activated for [[naval gunfire support]] during the [[Vietnam War]], and later bombarded Lebanon and Syria in 1983-1984.

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...for ethnic Chinese. Many of these Chinese were key to the economy of South Vietnam.

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...ical figures for nearly two millennia, the '''Trung Sisters''' symbolize [[Vietnam]]ese [[nationalism]].

..., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam (July 14, 1964 &mdash; July 30, 1965). While he was an excellent combat lea ...Rostow of the National Security Council staff, to assess the situation in Vietnam.<ref name=Moyar>{{citation

...e Officer]] who worked for a number of administrations going back to the [[Vietnam War]]. While he is not generally identified with a particular ideology, he

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...om traditional agriculture to services and industry. [[National Highway 3 (Vietnam)|National Highway 3]] runs through it, which connects to China in [[Cao Ban ...terway systems, it is the transportation hub for the north-central part of Vietnam, including connections to adjacent tourism destinations. It also has a larg

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...e EB-66C was an [[electronic intelligence]] platform capable, over [[North Vietnam]], of identifying [[FAN SONG]] ground radars used with the [[S-75 Dvina]] [

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===Vietnam War=== ...air bases, supporting [[Operation Rolling Thunder]] activity against North Vietnam, as well as operations against the [[Ho Chi Minh trail]] in [[Laos]] and [[

From a psychological operations perspective, "The Vietnam War '''Phoenix Program''' is controversial to this day. Supporters say that "Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Directive 381-41, dated 9 July 1967, inaugurated the Intelligence Co

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...Finland, India, Iraq, North Korea, Libya, Poland, Romania, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

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After [[United States Army Special Forces]] units withdrew from the [[Vietnam War]], the LLDB and BDQ were combined into the ''Biet Dong Quan Bien Phong'

After the Vietnam years, he spent a year as a fellow at Princeton University, and then became ...t Lodge Jr.. In 1966 he was re-assigned to the White House, working on the Vietnam staff of President Johnson under Robert Komer. In 1967-69, he wrote one vol

...h Indochina, '''air operations''' played a relatively small part in the '''Vietnam War'''. While there were some notable exceptions, the main effort was by th ...of South Vietnam, the United States conducted air operations against North Vietnam. Some of these missions were information-gathering intelligence missions th

'''Nghe An Province''' is in the northern part of [[Vietnam]], with the South China Sea as its eastern border. Its northern border is w | url = http://www.wompom.ca/vietnam/vnprovinc402.htm

In the [[Vietnam War]], from the American standpoint, '''''dau tranh''''' (đấu tranh), or During the [[Vietnam War]], the doctrine of both [[Viet Cong]], and in the Northern [[People's

The ancestor of today's [[Communist Party of Vietnam]], the '''Indochinese Communist Party (ICP)''' (''Dang Cong San Dong Duong'

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...ief political adviser to [[Ngo Dinh Diem]], President of the [[Republic of Vietnam]]. He headed the semisecret [[Can Lao]] party and its more public subsidiar ...important metric of the progress of the anti-communist repression in South Vietnam. He could be an effective organizer, certainly of political groups and arg

{{main|Vietnam War}} ...e French colonial structure that contained Cambodia, Laos, and present-day Vietnam. It existed from the first invasion in 1858 to the Geneva accords in 1954.

see also [[Vietnam War/Bibliography]] and [[Richard Nixon/Bibliography]] ...ith L. ''The Making of Détente: Soviet-American Relations in the Shadow of Vietnam'' (1995)

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...ately created opinions based on his ideology and selection of sources. His Vietnam reports for the ''New York Times'', beginning in 1962, were recognized with ...1960, first in the Washington D.C. bureau, then in the Congo, and then in Vietnam.

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...ber, [[New Democrat Coalition]]; Co-Chair of the [[Congressional Caucus on Vietnam]], [[Blue Dog Coalition]], and the [[Congressional Human Rights Caucus]];

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...and authored a domestic surveillance program targeting opponents of the [[Vietnam War]], who were perceived as radicals. Called the "Huston Plan", it did no

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...[NATO]] Military Committee until 1956, and had a final assignment to South Vietnam. ==Vietnam==

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...elligence (1973-1976) and had numerous operational responsibilities during Vietnam War. Colby was another intelligence professional who was promoted to the He served in a variety of field posts in Europe before being sent to Vietnam.

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...ow [[Walter Cronkite]] talked a nation through its grief and shock. The [[Vietnam War]], the [[Civil Rights]] struggle, the peace movement, and the moon land

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...c''' is a landlocked south east Asian country, bordered by [[Cambodia]], [[Vietnam]], [[Burma]], China and [[Thailand]]. ...ountry in 1975 and followed a close diplomatic relationship with bordering Vietnam. Laos has gradually liberalised its economy since 1986.

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...sed two retaliatory raids on the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] (North Vietnam), which preceded and were not a part of the broader [[Operation Rolling Thu

...preventing Communist expansion into [[French Indochina]] and then [[South Vietnam]], first being concerned with that region when he became Assistant Secretar

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...People's Army of Viet Nam]], who commanded all Communist forces in [[South Vietnam]]. He was also a member of the Politburo, and his political writings are mo ...]] (ARVN) and U.S. forces to "split and scatter from [[National Highway 9 (Vietnam)|Highway 9 ]]to the Mekong Delta", and never to have a clear front line. <r

...lping many veterans of the 1960s-era [[Vietnam, war, and the United States|Vietnam War]] in obtaining a college education after their service period ended.

...committed, by U.S. policy, to support Ngo Dinh Diem as President of South Vietnam. Elbridge Durbrow preceded him in office. ...ell as intermediate levels. He was extremely critical of the U.S. press in Vietnam, calling them "immature and experience", to which Neil Sheehan, one of thos

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...ic Party]] presidential nomination in 1972 as an all-out opponent of the [[Vietnam War]]. A few years earlier, as part of [[McGovern–Fraser Commission]], h

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...served in combat deployments to the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Republic of Vietnam]], and [[Operation Desert Storm]]. He was also a [[United Nations]] [[peace

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...replaced by a [[#Military Assistance Command|Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MAC-V)]]. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, a coalition headquarters wa

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*[[AC-47 Spooky (ground attack)]], also known as "Puff the Magic Dragon", [[Vietnam War]] gunship

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...Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, in response to the lessons of the Vietnam War, developed a set of strategic axioms, which were rephrased as a set of

...was a key architect of the overt combat role of the United States in the [[Vietnam War]], although he lost confidence in U.S. policy and resigned from the Joh ...rofessional military. While some of these tactics were effective in the [[Vietnam War]], it is also accepted that McNamara micromanaged military decisionmaki

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'''CH-54 Tarhe''' helicopters were a Vietnam-era approach to heavy transport helicopter design, which did not gain wides

...realistic training is a result of the Army's self-examination after the [[Vietnam War]]. Its first commander was GEN [[William DuPuy]].

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...ounterpart to the main [[United States Army Special Forces]] role in the [[Vietnam War]], in organizing the [[Civilian Irregular Defense Group]]s. Some LLDB p ...med in the U.S., which spun off a provisional 7th Group that went to South Vietnam. the 7th was redesignated as the 5th Group (A) in late 1964.

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...on season in southeast Asia which slowed down enemy soldiers from entering Vietnam. "Project Popcorn" was later declassified by the United States government.

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...t created a relatively face-saving way for the U.S. to withdraw from the [[Vietnam War]]. Other major features included real U.S. recognition of China, preced

...e a bestseller, vitriolically but precisely criticized leadership of the [[Vietnam War]].

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...Diem regime in South Vietnam that happened during the first phase of the [[Vietnam War]] and concluded the [[South Vietnamese Buddhist crisis and coup of 1963 ...tration's position of not making a highly visible U.S. commitment to South Vietnam, in contrast to the situation where the Johnson administration kept escalat

...was assistant for National Security Affairs for Senator Jake Garn. He is a Vietnam Army Veteran.

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and North Vietnam, he had been assigned, as an expert guerrilla, fluent in French, and not in ...dbye to relatives. Quickly, the team convinced the parents to fly to Free Vietnam and put them in the next aircraft to catch up with their son in Saigon.

...of fire than ships with manually loaded guns of the same size. During the Vietnam War, the ''USS Newport News'', a cruiser of this class, is remembered for g

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...relationship between their faith and political issues, particularly the [[Vietnam War]].

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{{main|Vietnam War}} ...am) and vastly intensify U.S. forces in the [[Republic of Vietnam]] (South Vietnam). Two attacks by DRV [[fast attack craft]] were described to the Congress,

...The Struggle for Heaven's Mandate: SIGINT and the Internal Crisis in South Vietnam, [Deleted] 1962 US SIGINT support during the Vietnam War came principally from service cryptographic units, with some NSA coordi

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...rope (1945-1989), as well as China (1949 to present). Besides China, Cuba, Vietnam and North Korea have Communist governments. ...there no longer adheres to socialist economic policy), [[North Korea]], [[Vietnam]] (which is also moving away from socialism), [[Laos]], and Cuba. In Africa

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''Durham'' was extensively involved in the [[Vietnam War]].

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While the U.S. military during the [[Vietnam War]], and the Soviet Red Army throughout its existence, tried to accelerat

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''El Paso'' was not involved in the [[Vietnam War]].

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...(U.S. state)|Massachusetts]]; Vice Presidential nominee, and ambassador to Vietnam.

''Charleston'' was involved in the [[Vietnam War]]. Among other activities, she participated in the Vietnamese Counterof

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...not fashionable to do so, and criticized [[Vietnam War|U.S. involvement in Vietnam]]. He campaigned for nuclear de-escalation and was the founding member of ...unal concluded that the United States government had committed genocide in Vietnam. Following this, the [[Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation]] organized the [[

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...tinguished Graduate, was commissioned as a second lieutenant served in the Vietnam War, initially as a forward observer. He won four Bronze Stars and was woun

''Mobile'' was extensively involved in the [[Vietnam War]].

...was the development of [[precision-guided munition]]s, introduced in the [[Vietnam War]], but first used in large, decisive quantities in the [[Gulf War]]. An

For infantry squads in the [[Vietnam War]], the '''AN/PRC-25''' and the closely related '''AN/PRC-77''' was the

*Surbrug, Robert (2009). ''Beyond Vietnam: The Politics of Protest in Massachusetts, 1974-1990'', University of Massa

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* ''Home from the War: Vietnam Veterans&mdash;Neither Victims nor Executioners'', Simon & Schuster (New Yo

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...[Nobel Peace Prize]] for the [[Paris Accords]], the peace that ended the [[Vietnam War]]. In close collaboration with [[Richard Nixon]], he created a détent ...d or ended their aid to North Vietnam, thus allowing a settlement of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Evelyn Goh, "Nixon, Kissinger, and the 'Soviet Card' in the U.S.

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...ry thinking, which challenges the "revisionist" interpretation that the [[Vietnam War]] could have been won, if only the U.S. had used a proper counterinsurg ...General [[Creighton Abrams]], the last U.S. combat commander in the the [[Vietnam War]], deciding, immediately after that war, to prepare the Army for combat

...between the east coast of the Malay peninsula and the coast of southern [[Vietnam]], at the time contact with air traffic control was lost.<ref>{{cite news|d

...apparent technical superiority, as at [[Dien Bien Phu]]. In later wars of Vietnam, they learned to cope with the failures to effectively use technology at th

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...foreign policy inclufing support for the Cold War, the Korean War and the Vietnam war. Reuther supported Lyndon Johnson on the issue of the [[Vietnam War]], and rallied behind [[Hubert Humphrey]] as the Democratic nominee in

...a serious air defense, including [[Operation Linebacker II]] above [[North Vietnam]]. In a role reversal, however, heavy bombers such as the [[B-52]] are u [[Operation Bolo]] was a Vietnam War evolution of the Rodeo, in that it appeared, to North Vietnamese electr

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...! radio station news] </ref> She opposed the American involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] and the expansion of weapon developments. During the [[Jimmy Carter]] ...lish a minimum annual income for families, to bring back the troops from [[Vietnam]], and her record against installation of [[missile]]s such as [[MIRV]] (mu

...tled troops and cargo from Okinawa to [[Da Nang]] and [[Chu Lai]], [[South Vietnam]], and in October, Republic of Korea Army units from [[Pusan]], [[Korea]], ...1967 to resume her role in the struggle against Communist aggression in [[Vietnam]]. She remained in the western Pacific into 1968, sailing for the west coas

...ed to a largely training and unit readiness role during the Korean War and Vietnam War.

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...the [[Korean War]] and another seven battle stars for service during the [[Vietnam War]]. ...patrols with combat-loaded Marine Corps units embarked, though her only [[Vietnam War]] duty came as a result of a natural disaster rather than the civil war

...1968: First SR-71 (#61-7976) operational mission flown from Kadena AB over Vietnam.

...in support of the rural population for the government of the [[Republic of Vietnam]]. Land reform had been a political slogan going back to [[Bao Dai]] in 19 | title = The Struggle for Indochina 1940-1955: Vietnam and the French Experience

...[[Corazon Aquino]]. Under Marcos, Filipino troops had participated in the Vietnam War, and there was a large-scale U.S. system of military bases in the Phili

...r]] [[John McCain]], who was tortured by when he was a prisoner of [[North Vietnam]], is the sponsor most closely identified with the Act. He argued that the

...mentions that ''D. russelii'' (i.e. ''D. r. siamensis'') can also found in Vietnam, Laos and on the Indonesian island of [[Sumatra]].<ref name="Bro73">Brown J

...a [[War Hawk|Hawk]] for his position on that war. His sons both served in Vietnam prior to his death. ...steinbeck2.html] In 1967, Steinbeck traveled to Vietnam to report on the [[Vietnam war|war]], and his sympathetic portrait of the United States Army caused th

* Bridge, Carl ed., ''Munich to Vietnam: Australia's Relations with Britain and the United States since the 1930s,' * Murphy, John. ''Harvest of Fear: A History of Australia's Vietnam War'' (1993)

...ng the Cold War, like a separate caste ... they became very divorced after Vietnam, [saying] all we're going to do is kill people -- not this nation-building

...ts as a source of arms aid, and Algerian distrust of US policy--notably in Vietnam but also in the Maghreb itself--will be limiting factors on any basic chang ...ts as a source of arms aid, and Algerian distrust of US policy--notably in Vietnam but also in the Maghreb itself--will be limiting factors on any basic chang

...ent ways, Mao's revolutionary warfare, air assault|airmobile operations in Vietnam, and the first network-centric warfare in the Gulf War are all different fo

...alty Islands]], southern New Guinea, Indonesia, western [[Malaysia]] and [[Vietnam]] ...ia]] (incl. [[Andaman Islands|Andaman Island]]), [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Vietnam]], Afghanistan, Pakistan, [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Cambodia]], Indo

...ved heavy criticism for pardoning Nixon. Ford watched helpless as [[South Vietnam]] fell to a Communist invasion, after all American forces had been removed. ...ohn F. Kennedy]]. He supported Kennedy and Johnson's involvement in the [[Vietnam War]].

...a [[C-47]], also had a waiver from the Key West Agreement, and did well in Vietnam although in 1966, however, it was transferred to the Air Force. | title= Vietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961-1981

...surfactant-producing ''Pseudomonas'' in the rhizosphere of black pepper in Vietnam"=== ...h and disease. It can potentially cause up to 40-50% of crop death, and in Vietnam an annual loss of around 20%. ''Pseudomonas putida'' was found to produce [

...erable communications and navigation. Both in the Second World War and the Vietnam War, 15-20% of US casualties were the result of fratricide. In the 1990 Gul | accessdate = 2007-10-01}} </ref>}} The term was popularized during Vietnam, in the book, by ''New York Times'' reporter C.D.B. Bryan, about an inciden

...ssistance from Cambodian "militiamen" during their infiltration into South Vietnam and that each infiltrated regiment had one Chinese Communist adviser''.</re ...man|first1=J.D.|year=1988|title=Pleiku, The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam|publisher=St.Martin's Press|location=New York}}, p.119</ref> It allowed for

They were extremely effective in the [[Vietnam War]], often operating from rivers and striking targets near water, or maki ...yond the waterline. SEALs, however, conducted extensive DA and SR in the [[Vietnam War]].

...the enemy's choosing in [[Korean War|Korea (1950-53)]] and [[Vietnam War|Vietnam (1962-1975)]]. He instead proposed roll-back, a strategy to steadily reduce ...he Reagan Administration, to have potential to be the Soviet equivalent of Vietnam &mdash; a constant drain on resources and a source of domestic turmoil. Muc

...eep South, then as a Vietnamese soldier during the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War sequence, Morrow’s character would suddenly discover his humanity and Landis wanted to film the Vietnam sequence with the children at night. According to California labor laws, ch

...or service in the [[Korean War]] and six [[campaign star]]s for service in Vietnam. ...], Vietnam, on [[New Year's Eve]]. After evacuating refugees from [[North Vietnam]] and the [[Tachen Islands]], she departed Saigon on January 11 1956. ''Se

...en the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean, and occasionally Vietnam. Subsequently sold and renamed '''SS ''Washington''''', the ship was ultima

...nths for all various age groups. This vaccine is licensed and available in Vietnam exclusively. The third oral vaccine for cholera is the CVD 103-HgR vaccine

Interactions among '''Vietnam, war, and the United States''' go back much farther than many realize, incl {{main|Vietnam War}}

...to the LDP, an action that failed. Okinawa was a key U.S. base, both for [[Vietnam War]] operations and a variety of strategic operations (e.g., [[SR-71]] and

During Operation Linebacker II of the Vietnam War, the initial use of chaff, in "corridors" dropped from chaff-laden figh

...ring the Cold War, but Congress began to challenge the authority after the Vietnam War with the War Powers Resolution.

A month-long action fought in the Vietnam War in 1965, the '''Battle of the Ia Drang''' was a campaign, composed of m | title = We are soldiers still: a journey back to the battlefields of Vietnam

...of Viet Nam (ARVN) as taking responsibility for '''ground combat in South Vietnam between 1972 and 1975''', with both direct air and naval combat support fro ...nment, which was under the effective control of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam|North Vietnamese governing Politburo. There was a specific 1974 decision fo

* Roberts, Priscilla. ''Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the Cold War'' (2006) ...hina and the Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/China-Vietnam-Wars-1950-1975-History/dp/0807848425/ref=sr_1_34/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF

...had a television link that let them see where the weapon was going. In the Vietnam War, lasers were used to designate a precise location; the weapon homed on

...for rebuilding the Vice Presidency as a powerful office, for ending the [[Vietnam War]] in 1973 (too slowly, said critics on the left), for opening relations ...ty System]], as the [[New Deal Coalition]] splintered over issues of race, Vietnam, bossism and radicalism. With the [[Democratic Party (United States), histo

...avior, and then tested their theories against it. Since they now control [[Vietnam]], that does suggest that they eventually came up with a viable model. ...split. Both China and the Soviets helped the North Vietnamese during the [[Vietnam War]], but the tilt to the Soviets angered the Chinese. The fall of the Sov

After the [[Vietnam War]], the need for economy, maximum use of new technologies, and reduced

...s [[George W. Bush|Bush's]] [[Air National Guard]] service record from the Vietnam era, and alleges connections between [[George W. Bush|Bush]] and the govern

...S., indeed, continued sound ranging in WWII and Korea, with limited use in Vietnam. <ref name=FAJ1981-11>{{citation ===WWII, Korea and Vietnam===

...er new life, carrying cargo to the Caribbean Islands and occasionally to [[Vietnam]]; she was still performing these duties into the late 1960s. The ship was

...widespread U.S. popular support for continuing major involvement in the [[Vietnam War]], although there was also little popular support for immediate withdra ...the political context, GEN [[William Westmoreland]], the U.S. commander in Vietnam, had been been on a public relations tour, in November 1967, ordered by the

===North Vietnam=== By 1960, the U.S. was starting to direct strategic SIGINT at North Vietnam, to understand their air defense as well as other structures.

A former Navy flier who was shot down in the [[Vietnam War]] and spent over five years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, McCain has b ...who headed the [[Pacific Command]], with overall responsibility for the [[Vietnam War]], at a time when his son was prisoner. The McCain family is primarily

...the U.S. attempt to rescue prisoners of war at the Son Tay prison in North Vietnam,<ref name=Schlemmer>{{citation

*The force splits: some primarily used for tactical support in Vietnam, others remained on nuclear duty ===Vietnam War===

...ich qualify membership include [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Persian Gulf War]], and the [[Iraq War]]. The VFW will also re

|[[Laos]], [[Thailand]], China, [[Cambodia]], [[Vietnam]], [[Myanmar]]

...awarded two battle stars for Korean service and nine battle stars for her Vietnam service. ...on 13 August, was cancelled as a result of the tense military situation in Vietnam.

...colonization (beginning in 1858). In addition to what the West calls the [[Vietnam War]], there have been several other savage 20th-century wars in the region *[[Vietnam War]] covers the conflict, from 1962 to 1975, best known in the West.

...g animosity between the United States and its Cold War enemies. During the Vietnam War, Davisville once again served as a major training facility for Seabees,

...tributed to and became rationale for America's first involvements in the [[Vietnam War]]. Starting shortly after the outbreak of the [[Korean War]], Truman at ...t military confrontation in later years with communist forces in Korea and Vietnam. By presenting ideological differences in life or death terms, Truman was a