Today we dive into Vietnam's interwar years, exploring the CIA's nation building initiatives in the new proxy state.
[1] Joseph Morgan - The Vietnam Lobby the American Friends of Vietnam, 1955-1975 (p. 1-10)
[1] Thomas L. Ahern Jr - The CIA and the House of Ngo (https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB284/2-CIA_AND_THE_HOUSE_OF_NGO.pdf) (p.9-12)
[1] Bernard P. Falls - The Two- Viet-nams (https://archive.org/details/twovietnams0000unse_r2x3/page/242/mode/2up) (p. 242-245)
[1] John Ernst - Forging a fateful alliance : Michigan State University and the Vietnam War (p.8-12)
[2] https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106443/major-general-edward-g-lansdale/
[2] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00499R000200080001-6.pdf (p.295-296)
[2] https://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/13678-edward-lansdale/#comment-158173
[2] Sterling and Peggy Seagrave - Gold Warriors https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00499R000200080001-6.pdf (p. 96-100)
[2] Andrew Gough - The Golden Lilly Conspiracy: My Journey to Understanding (https://web.archive.org/web/20210117015520/https://andrewgough.co.uk/the-golden-lily-conspiracy-my-journey-of-discovery/)
[3] Joseph Morgan - The Vietnam Lobby the American Friends of Vietnam, 1955-1975 (p. 10)
[3] Annie Jacobsen - Surprise, Kill, Vanish (p. 110)
[3] Allen Dulles Comments to NSC regarding Viet Minh Strength https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v13p1/d534#:~:text=The%20most%20disheartening%20feature%20of,of%20the%20last%20ten%20days
[3] Neil Sheehan, E.W. Kenworthym Fox Butterfield, Hendrick Smith - The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War - Lansdale Papers (p.54-67)
[3] Info on Lansdale counterinsurgency and hiring of filipinos https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R001000080001-5.pdf
[3] https://nara-media-001.s3.amazonaws.com/arcmedia/research/pentagon-papers/Pentagon-Papers-Part-IV-A-3.pdf (p. 37, 51-52)
[4] CIA Operations Officer Lucien Conein: A Study in Contrasts and Controversy https://www.beforethequagmire.com/Before_the_Quagmire_by_William_JRust/Aboutthe_Author_files/Conein-Contrasts-and-Controversy.pdf (p.48-49)
[4] Thomas L. Ahern Jr - The CIA and the House of Ngo (https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB284/2-CIA_AND_THE_HOUSE_OF_NGO.pdf) (p.148-151)
[4] Douglas Valentine - The Strength of the Wolf (p.436)
[4] Alfred Mccoy - The Politics of Heroin (p.xi-xii, 203-206, 294-296)
[4] Life Magazine Article https://books.google.ca/books?id=GlIEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false (p. 11-12)
[5] Ramparts Magazine Article:https://vietnamproject.archives.msu.edu/recordFiles/159-547-2349/UA17-234_000015.pdf
[5] Wesley Fishel Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/15/archives/wesley-l-fishel-a-professor-dies-leading-advocate-of-vietnam-war.html
[5] John Ernst - Forging a fateful alliance : Michigan State University and the Vietnam War
Tyler
2024-05-24 01:51:50 +0000 UTCMichael Buckner
2024-04-14 16:23:31 +0000 UTC