Vietnam and the Cold War

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Cold War    Background to Vietnam    Political Issues    Strategy    Operations

Air War    Naval War    Tactics    Logistics    Legacies & Lessons    Databases

Military History & Science   Richard W. Stewart (general editor) American Military History, Vol. II: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2003 Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2005 John Whiteclay Chambers II (editor) The Oxford Companion to American Military History Oxford: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1999      NOTE: Accessed through Answers.com as U.S. Military History Companion,      but the text is the same as the published version. Richard Holmes (ed) Oxford Companion to Military History New York: Oxford University Press, 2001      NOTE: Accessed through Answers.com Atlases Department of History, United States Mililtary Academy James Linden (ed) Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present Project Gutenberg, 2004, 2007 George C. Thorpe Pure Logistics Washington: National Defense University Press, 1986 Cold War   Cold War Timeline Timelines.com Containment Timeline Timelines.com S. Nelson Drew NSC-68: Forging the Strategy of Containment Washington: National Defense University Press, 1994 Richard H. Kohn and Joseph P. Harahan, eds. Strategic Air Warfare: An Interview with Generals Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1988 Background to the Vietnam War   Vietnam War Wikipedia Vietnam War Timeline Timelines.com Maps of the Vietnam War Department of History, US Military Academy Ronald J. Cima, editor A Country Study: Vietnam Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1987       • Chapter 1: Historical Setting   (excerpted) Lt. Col. (Dr.) John F. Guilmartin, USAF (Ret)   (biography) America in Vietnam Military Press, 1991 Richard W. Stewart (general editor) "The U.S. Army in Vietnam: Background, Buildup and Operations, 1950-1967 American Military History, Vol. II: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2003, Chapter 10 Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2005 Richard W. Stewart (general editor) "The U.S. Army in Vietnam From Tet to the Final Withdraw, 1968-1975 American Military History, Vol. II: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2003, Chapter 11 Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2005 Howard J. Langer The Vietnam War: an encyclopedia of quotations Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005 John Whiteclay Chambers II (editor) Vietnam War The Oxford Companion to American Military History Oxford: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1999 Political Issues   Foreign Relations of the United States U.S. Department of State (multiple volumes, 1945-1968)    • Online volumes pertaining to Vietnam:         • 1961  • 1962  • 1964  • Jan-Jun 65  • Jul-Dec 65  • 1966    • Online volumes pertaining to Laos:         • 1964-1968 Mike Gravel The Pentagon Papers   (four volumes) Boston: Beacon Press, 1971 Robert A. Divine Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: Foreign Relations and the Presidency College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2000      NOTE: Accessible through NetLibrary Brian VanDelMark Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, 1995 Henry Kissinger Ending the Vietnam War: A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003 Strategy   Lieutenant General Stanley Robert Larsen and Brigadier General James Lawton Collins, Jr. Allied Participation in Vietnam Washington: Department of the Army, 1985 Thomas W. Scoville Reorganizing for Pacification Support Washington: United States Army Center of Military History, 1982 John M.Gates The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare Wooster, Ohio: The College of Wooster, 2002 Operations   Lieutenant General Willard Pearson The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966-1968 Washington: Department of the Army, 1975 Erik Villard The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles of Quang Tri and Hue Washington: United States Army Center of Military History, 2008 The U.S. Army in Vietnam: Background, Buildup and Operations, 1950-1967 Extracted from Richard W. Stewart (general editor) American Military History, Vol. II: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2003 Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2005 The U.S. Army in Vietnam: From Tet to the Final Withdrawal, 1968-1975 Extracted from Richard W. Stewart (general editor) American Military History, Vol. II: The United States Army in a Global Era, 1917-2003 Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2005       Air War   John Schlight A War Too Long: A History of the USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1996 John Schlight The Years of the Offensive, 1965-1968 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1988 Bernard C. Nalty Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 2000 Jacob Van Staaveren Gradual Failure: The Air War over North Vietnam, 1965-1966 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 2002 Wayne Thompson To Hanoi and Back   (sequal to Gradual Failure) Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 2000 Mark Clodfelter The limits of air power: the American bombing of North Vietnam New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989 Maj. A. J. C. Lavalle, ed. The Tale of Two Bridges and the Battle for the Skies over North Vietnam USAF Southeast Asia monograph series, v. 1, monographs 1-2. Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1985, 1976 Brig. Gen. James R. McCarthy, Lt. Col. George B. Allison and, Col. Robert E. Rayfield, gen.ed. Linebacker II: A View from the Rock USAF Southeast Asia monograph series, v. 6, monograph 8. Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1976, 1985 Bernard C. Nalty The War Against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968-1972   (pdf) Washington: Office of Air Force History, 2005 Richard H. Kohn and Joseph P. Harahan, eds. Air Interdiction in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam: An Interview with General Earle E. Partridge, General Jacob E. Smart, and General John W. Vogt, Jr. Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1986 Eduard Mark Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1994 William A.Buckingham Operation Ranch Hand: The USAF and Herbicides in SEA, 1961-1971 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1982 Earl H. Tilford Search and Rescue Operations of the United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1980, 1992 Jack S.Ballard Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships, 1962-1972 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 1982       Naval War   Edward J. Marolda By Sea, Air and Land: An Illustrated History of the US Navy and the War in Southeast Asia Washington: Naval Historical Center, 1997 US Navy Naval History Division Riverine Warfare: The U.S. Navy's Operations on Inland Waters Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969. Robert S. McNamara et al The Gulf of Tonkin, The 1964 Incidents Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, February 20, 1968 Washington: Naval Historical Center Tactics   Lieutenant General John H. Hay, Jr., US Army Tactical and Material Innovation   (Vietnam Studies series) Washington: Department of the Army, 1989 John Schlight Help from above : Air Force close air support of the Army 1946-1973 Washington: Air Force Historical Studies Office, 2003 Lieutenant General John J. Tolson Airmobility 1961-1971 Washington: Department of the Army, 1989 Logistics   Lieutenant General Carroll H. Dunn Base Development in South Vietnam, 1965-1970 Washington: Department of the Army, 1991 Brigadier General James Lawton Collins, Jr. The Development and Training of the South Vietnamese Army, 1950-1972 Washington: Department of the Army, 1991 Lieutenant General Joseph M. Heiser, Jr. Logistic Support Washington: Department of the Army, 1991 Legacies & Lessons   General Dave R. Palmer, USA Summons of the Trumpet: US-Vietnam in Perspective New York: Random House, Inc., 1995    • review Jeffrey Record The wrong war: why we lost in Vietnam Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998    • preview Andrew Wiest America and the Vietnam War: Re-examining the Culture and History of a Generation Taylor & Francis, 2010 Databases   Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room Washington: Central Intelligence Agency National Security Archive George Washington University The American Presidency Project John Woolley and Gerhard Peters University of California at Santa Barbara * Webster's Online Dictionary

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