INDEX 287Lattre de Tassigny, Jean de, 48, 49,50–51, 154, 245Le Duc Tho, 61, 62–63, 129, 235Le Monde, 158, 231, 262Leninism, 48, 251Le Van “Bay” Vien, 35, 36–37. See also“Bay” VienLife magazine, 57, 58, 183, 191, 192,247, 248Los Angeles Times, 165, 167, 227Luce, Claire Booth, 59Luce, Henry, 59, 165, 184“Chink,” as nickname, 183CIA and, 190–193group journalism and, 184McCulloch, Frank and, 184Pham Xuan An and, 184publishing juggernaut of, 183Time and, 183Vietnam war and, 184World War III and, 190Lycée Pétrus Ky, 46, 47, 200M16 (British intelligence), 55MAAG. See Military AssistanceAdvisory GroupMai Chi Tho, 61, 104, 234–236Mankiewicz, Joseph, 91–93Mao Tse Tung, 38, 62, 117Marx, Karl, 38, 61, 103, 206Marxism, 32, 251Marxist Club (Saigon), 48McCain, John, 235McClatchy, Eleanor, 113McClatchy family, 167McCoy, Alfred, 71–72, 84McCulloch, Frank, 167, 185background of, 166–167as journalist, 165–168Los Angeles Times and, 165, 167,227–228Luce, Henry and, 184Pham Xuan An and, 165, 167–170,227–228, 262McNamara, Robert, 225Mekong delta, 19, 30–31, 58, 99, 123métis, 39, 234Meyer, Lee, 107, 110, 119–120, 230Michelin rubber plantation, 19, 203Military Assistance Advisory Group(MAAG), 76, 96, 98Mohr, Charley, 166, 186Montagnards, 19, 70Morrison, Norman, 225Morrison-Knudsen, 247–248. See alsoRMK-BRJMuoi Huong, 104, 111, 112, 130, 131Murphy, Audie, 92, 187My Lai massacre, 153, 162, 211My Tho, 39, 44Nam tien (march to the south), 16–17,24Nam Viets, 35National Liberation Front (NLF), 20,156as Communist Front, 199Communist Party and, 202An Lac village attack of, 134–135Paris Peace Accords and, 20, 223Têt Offensive (1968) and, 199Vietcong and, 20Newsweek, x, 68, 110–111, 142, 145,155, 218, 226The New Yorker, x, 4, 5, 6, 90, 145,155, 157, 161, 163, 178, 255New York Herald Tribune, 1, 142, 147New York Times, 79, 93, 142, 163, 192,262Ngo Dinh Can, 85, 105, 111Ngo Dinh Diem, 68, 92, 121, 129assassination of, 95, 139, 195, 273nbackground of, 82battle of the sects and, 82–85Buddhist crisis (1963) and, 81, 134,139, 195Can Lao Party and, 97Catholics and, 81, 82Communists and, 86–87, 111, 122,231dictatorship of, 85–86, 96–97election victory of, 84–85in exile, 82overthrow of, 139peasants, relocation of and, 122–123, 238Pham Xuan An and, 86secret police of, 83, 105U.S. support of, 82, 85, 86Vu Ngoc Nha and, 236–237Ngo Dinh Luyen, 85Ngo Dinh Nhu, 85, 97, 121
288 INDEXNgo Dinh Thuc, 85Nguyen Ai Quoc, 20–21. See also PhanChu TrinhNguyen Ai Quoc Political Institute,224, 276nNguyen Anh (Gia Long), 244Nguyen Cao Ky, 203, 249Nguyen dynasty, 15, 31, 244Nguyen Hung Vuong, x–xi (photo),163arrest and torture of, 163background of, 68–69CIA and, 68–69, 163Three Musketeers and, 67, 163Nguyen Khai, 8, 224Nguyen Ngoc Loan, 154, 219Nguyen the Patriot, 20–21. See alsoHo Chi Minh; Phan Chu TrinhNguyen Thi Ba, 63, 170–171Nguyen Thi Binh, 20, 223Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thai, 66, 171, 231Nguyen Thi Se, 208–209Nguyen Van Tau. See Tu CangNguyen Van Thieu, 98, 157, 169, 218,237, 249Nguyen Van Thuong, 171–176as An’s courier, 171–176torture of, 172, 175Nixon, Richard, 218, 260NLF. See National Liberation Frontnom (original system of Vietnamesewriting), 17North Vietnam. See Vietnam,Democratic Republic of (North)North Vietnamese intelligence service,2. See also Ton Cuc IINoyce, Philip, 232. See also The QuietAmericanO’Daniel, John “Iron Mike,” 76Office des Renseignements (OR)(French military security), 55Office of Political, Cultural, and SocialResearch, 121Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 75,132, 190–191Lansdale, Edward and, 75–76Vietnamese Communist Party and,134See also Central Intelligence Agencyopium, 35, 36, 55, 66, 69, 77, 78, 83,121–122, 271nOR. See Office des RenseignementsOrange Coast College (OCC), 106–110, 113OSS. See Office of Strategic ServicesPage, Tim, 187–188Paris Peace AccordsKissinger, Henry and, xviii, 61, 218,235NLF delegation at, 20Pham Xuan An and, 218, 226prisoner release and, 150, 175South Vietnam and, 218Vietnamization of war and, 218PAVN. See People’s Army of Vietnampeasantsagrovilles and, 122–123, 124forced-labor camps and, 23, 87, 122French colonial rule and, 23French treatment of, 16life of, 29, 41Pham Xuan An as landowner and,63–64relocation of, 122–123, 124strategic hamlet program and, 122,123, 124, 188tax revolts and, 20Vietnamese treatment of, 188–189,228Pentagon Papers, 79, 86, 271–272nPeople’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN),202, 218, 222, 278nPetraeus, David, xviiPham Ngoc Thach, 38, 48, 53, 132Pham Ngoc Thao, 236, 237–238Pham Thi Cuc (An’s sister), 52, 53Pham Van Dong, 177Pham Xuan An, iv (photo), x–xi(photo)American, thinking like an, 110,124, 126American brain (grafted onto hisVietnamese brain), 99, 100ancestor worship and, 13, 15, 21–22, 235, 260Ap Bac, battle of and, 136–139,195, 218, 260appearance of, 11, 14, 195
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