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Parent topics

• John F. Kennedy Administration [r]: (1917-1963) American politician (D-MA) serving as President of the U.S. from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ^[e]
• Lyndon B. Johnson Administration [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". ^[e]
• Journalism [r]: Practice of writing about daily events of interest to people - politics, international affairs, sports, etc. ^[e]
• Pentagon Papers [r]: Those parts, leaked by Daniel Ellsberg and published after court action, of a U.S. Department of Defense study of decisionmaking in the Vietnam wars ^[e]
• Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Battle of Ap Bac [r]: Fought 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 (ARVN) troops with United States Army advisors. It was significant in that the command failures were publicized to the press by John Paul Vann; denials by U.S. senior commanders started the pattern of aggressive investigative journalism ^[e]
• Ngo Dinh Diem [r]: President of the Republic of Vietnam from shortly after its creation, to his overthrow and death in the Vietnam War, Buddhist crisis and military coup of 1963. He was of the Catholic minority, ascetic and autocratic, and strongly anti-Communist ^[e]
• Daniel Ellsberg [r]: (1931-) American strategic analyst most known for leaking the Pentagon Papers classified history of Vietnam War decisionmaking; continued critic of foreign policy and excessive secrecy ^[e]
• David Halberstam [r]: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, who was especially controversial for his coverage of the Vietnam War, where some thought he was providing critical investigation for the public, while others believed he was undermining the war effort ^[e]
• Paul Harkins [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert McNamara [r]: A specialist in quantitative management who became president of the Ford Motor Company, but was quickly nominated as Secretary of Defense, becoming a major architect of policy, especially for the Vietnam War, in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. ^[e]
• New York Times [r]: A widely distributed daily newspaper, published in New York City. ^[e]
• Frederick Nolting Jr. [r]: U.S. 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, he was preceded by Elbridge Durbrow, and succeeded by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. A supporter of Ngo Dinh Diem, he did not agree with the policy of U.S. support for a coup against Diem. ^[e]

• William Westmoreland [r]: General in the U.S. Army; Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (COMUSMACV)] 1964–1968; Chief of Staff of the Army 1968–1972. ^[e]

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• Army of the Republic of Viet Nam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Censorship [r]: The act of preventing specifically defined ideals, concepts, images, or messages from being available to a given population. ^[e]
• Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [r]: Headquarters for most U.S. combat and support units assisting the Republic of Vietnam ^[e]
• New York Times [r]: A widely distributed daily newspaper, published in New York City. ^[e]
• United Press International [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operations security [r]: The set of doctrines, procedures, and actions that are intended to prevent an adversary from learning of the existence of planned operations, the conditions that will cause it to be initiated, the way it will be conducted, or how its plan changes during execution. ^[e]