Index

• Abrams, Creighton, 105
• Adams, John Quincy, 169
• African Americans, 123, 147–49, 169–70, 175
• Agnew, Spiro, 176, 177–78, 186
• American Legion, 170
• Antiwar protests, xix;
  • beginnings of, 161–62, 163–67;
  • “dump Johnson” movement and, 172–74;
  • at Kent State University, 178–81;
  • during Nixon’s presidency, 108, 162, 174–84;
  • Students for a Democratic Society and, 163–65, 174, 206;
  • U.S. Senate and, 168–69, 170–71, 181;
  • Vietnam Veterans against the War and, 147, 181–83;
  • Weathermen and, 174–76
• Arbaugh, Ron, 179
• Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 54, 61, 207;
  • Cambodia invasion and, 106–7;
  • fighting, mid-1960s, 64–66, 136, 139;
  • final defeat of, 185, 190, 194–97;
  • Laos invasion and, 86, 111;
  • morale, 66, 92, 101;
  • peasants and, 131, 134–35;
  • statistics on, 123;
  • reflections on defeat, 194–97;
  • taking over from U.S. troops, 86, 96, 103–5, 111, 112, 125, 152, 159;
  • Tet Offensive and, 93, 96, 97, 99, 125, 158;
  • U.S. support for, 47, 50, 65–66, 72, 75, 79, 81
• “August Revolution,” 2, 12–13, 20
• Ayub Khan, Muhammad, 82
• Ba, Huong Van. See Huong Van Ba
• Ba, Ly Tong. See Ly Tong Ba
• Bacon, Dennis, 146–47
• Ball, George W., 53–54, 59, 77–79, 80–82
• Bao Binh village, 142
• Bao Dai, 30
• Bao Ninh, 199–202
• Bassett, George R., 127
• Be Danh. See Nguyen Van Be
• Be, Nguyen Van. See Nguyen Van Be
• Beau, Paul, 6
• Ben Tre province, 14
• Binh Duong province, 196
• Bombing, 90, 91, 92, 93, 124, 129, 136–37;
  • casualties, 123;
  • halted,1968, 85, 118, 170;
  • of North Vietnam, 57, 68–69, 79, 87, 112–13, 114, 120, 137;
  • in South Vietnam, 112, 138–39, 140, 157, 161
• Brezhnev, Leonid, 58
• Bundy, McGeorge, 48, 55, 68–69, 77
• Burns, Carl, 128–29, 138
• Calley, William, 143–45, 183
• Cambodia, 1, 82, 93, 104, 202;
  • coup in,1970, 107, 109;
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail through, 31, 60;
  • independence, 26, 29, 33, 34;
  • Kampuchean Communist Party and, 107, 186;
  • U.S. invasion, xx, 86, 106–10, 178, 179;
  • Vietnamese invasion of, 1979, 186
• Carney, Billy, 145
• Carter, Herbert L., 144–46
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 48, 49, 96;
  • Ngo Dinh Diem coup and, 53, 55, 59
• Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN), 31, 52, 100, 142, 188;
  • Cambodia invasion and, 107–10;
  • Diem repression and, 42;
  • Hanoi’s strategy and, 73, 88;
  • Tet Offensive and, 94–95, 98–99, 105–6
• Chaliand, Gérard, 19
• Chan, Le Van. See Le Van Chan
• Chau, Phan Boi. See Phan Boi Chau
• Chiang Kai-shek, 23
• Chieu, Nguyen Dinh. See Nguyen Dinh Chieu
• China. See People’s Republic of China
• Churchill, Winston, 27
• Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam, 169
• Clifford, Clark, 80, 83, 96–97
• Clodfelter, Micheal, 197–99
• Cold War, xxi, 22, 29, 46, 49, 77, 83, 163, 166
• Communism, xix, 3, 9–10, 69, 71, 86, 107, 114, 175, 186, 193;
  • domino effect and, 82, 204. See also Vietnamese — Communists
• Connally, John, 113
• Conti, Dennis I., 144
• Cronkite, Walter, 172
• Cu Chi, 139, 149, 195
• Dabonka, John, 127–28
• Dai, Ha Xuan. See Ha Xuan Dai
• Da Nang, 69, 78, 146, 149
• Dang Thuy Tram, 129, 155–57
• Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV): Cambodia invasion by U.S. and, 107–10;
  • Chinese support, 30, 58, 86, 93, 97, 100–103;
  • Chinese troop commitment to, 71–72, 100;
  • defeat of France and, 29, 32–33;
  • establishment, 2, 12–13;
  • Gulf of Tonkin incident and, 67, 68–71;
  • Paris peace accords and, 87, 114–16, 120–21, 185, 188–89, 206;
  • Paris talks, 86–87, 101, 102, 110–11, 203;
  • postwar conditions in, 185–86, 191–92;
  • reconstruction aid from United States, 115, 120;
  • South Vietnam strategy of, 31, 37–41, 57–58, 59, 61–63, 71–75, 80, 88, 91, 92–95, 101;
  • Soviet support of, 30, 58, 97, 100;
  • Tet Offensive and, 86, 93–95, 100, 105;
  • war after ceasefire and, xx, xxi, 185, 188–90;
  • women’s wartime role in, 124. See also Bombing
• Diem, Ngo Dinh. See Ngo Dinh Diem
• Dien Bien Phu, 25, 27, 29, 93
• Difloure, Tom, 178, 180
• Dinh, Nguyen Thi. See Nguyen Thi Dinh
• Dolgov, Marvin, 172–74
• Domino effect, 82, 204
• Dong, Pham Van. See Pham Van Dong
• Draft, xix, 123, 146, 152, 175
• Duc Pho, 129, 136, 155
• Dulles, John Foster, 26, 29, 35
• Dung, Van Tien. See Van Tien Dung
• Dunn, John M., 55
• Dylan, Bob, 174
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 3, 21, 83;
  • Dien Bien Phu and, 25, 27, 29;
  • South Vietnam creation and, 29–30, 32, 34–36
• Fitch, Clarence, 147–49
• Ford, Gerald, 188, 190–91
• France: defeat in Vietnam, 29, 32–33, 35, 48, 61, 77;
  • Dien Bien Phu and, 25, 27, 29, 93;
  • early twentieth-century Vietnam presence, 1–2, 5–8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17–18;
  • nineteenth-century Vietnam presence, xx, 1, 4–5, 14;
  • return of, 1945, 2–3, 20, 22, 23–24;
  • South Vietnam creation and, 29, 30, 36–37, 38, 194;
  • U.S. financial backing and, 21, 22, 24–25;
  • Viet Minh struggle against, 2–3, 12–13, 14–16, 17, 18–19, 24, 30, 33, 44, 52, 71
• French Socialist Party, 8
• Fulbright, J. William, 103, 168–69, 187
• Geneva Accords, 29–30, 32–35, 37, 41, 48, 73, 114, 120, 121, 157, 205
• Giap, Vo Nguyen. See Vo Nguyen Giap
• Glass, Ellen, 178, 179, 180
• Goldberg, Arthur, 80
• Goldwater, Barry, 173
• Gulf of Tonkin incident, 57, 67, 71, 204
• Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 67
• Haig, Alexander, 113
• Haldeman, H. R., 113
• Hanoi government. See Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• Harkins, Paul, 54, 55
• Harriman, W. Averell, 102
• Hau My village, 140
• Ha Xuan Dai, 129, 136–37
• Helms, Richard, 96
• Ho Chi Minh, 102, 110, 190, 192;
  • rise to prominence, 2–3, 8–14, 18–19;
  • South Vietnam creation and, 30–31, 32–33;
  • Tet Offensive and, 94;
  • U.S. engagement and, 1943–1954, 21–22, 23–26;
  • U.S. engagement and, 1960s, 52, 53, 81
• Ho Chi Minh Trail, 30, 31, 44, 109, 111, 124, 138
• Hollywood movies, xvii–xviii, 202, 206
• Hue, 96, 114
• Humphrey, Hubert, 118
• Hung Yen province, 19–20
• Huong Van Ba, 138–39
• Ia Drang, 90, 91, 136–37
• Indochinese Communist Party, 10, 12, 31. See also Vietnamese — Communists
• Jacobs, John, 174–75
• Japan, 2, 3, 20, 27
• Johnson, Harold, 82
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 193, 204;
  • antiwar protests and, 161–62, 163, 166–70, 172–74;
  • escalation and, xxi, 57, 58, 66–71, 75–84, 87–88, 90–93, 126;
  • Ngo Dinh Diem overthrow and, 57, 59–60;
  • after Tet Offensive, 85, 93, 96–98, 103, 118, 172–73. See also Bombing
• Johnson, Richard S., Jr., 129–30
• Kahane, William, 151–52
• Kampuchea. See Cambodia
• Kampuchean Communist Party, 107, 114, 186
• Kennedy, John F., 57, 66, 68, 83, 204, 205;
  • National Liberation Front and, 31, 46–50;
  • Ngo Dinh Diem and, 31, 47, 50–56
• Kennedy, Robert F., 172–73
• Kent State University, 178–81
• Kerry, John, 181–83
• Khmer Rouge, 186. See also Kampuchean Communist Party
• Khrushchev, Nikita, 30, 58
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 147, 148, 169–70, 187
• Kissinger, Henry, 103;
  • advising Nixon, 111–13, 116–17;
  • Paris talks and, 86–87, 110–11
• Kontum, 114
• Korean War, 22, 24, 25, 48, 82, 172, 198
• Ky, Nguyen Cao. See Nguyen Cao Ky
• Laird, Melvin, 103
• Laos, 1, 82, 93, 104;
  • ARVN invasion of, 86, 111;
  • Ho Chi Minh Trail through, 30, 31, 60, 109–10, 111;
  • independence, 26, 29, 33, 34
• Le Duan, 31, 37, 52, 58, 87, 106;
  • Cambodia invasion by U.S. and, 107–10;
  • Johnson’s escalation and, 71, 72, 73–75, 88;
  • postwar Vietnam and, 185, 186, 191–92;
  • Tet Offensive and, 86, 93–95, 100;
  • war after ceasefire and, 188–89, 190
• Le Duc Tho, 87, 114, 116
• Lenin, Vladimir, 9, 10
• Le Thi Dau, 142–43
• Le Van Chan, 41–44
• Lin, Maya, 202
• Lincoln, James B., 65–66
• Linh, Nguyen Van. See Nguyen Van Linh
• Liu Shaoqi, 72
• Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 53–56, 59, 60, 81, 82, 194
• Long Binh, 151
• Long Khanh province, 157
• Lon Nol, 107, 109
• Lowenstein, Allard, 173
• Luc Van Tien (Nguyen Dinh Chieu), 14
• “Lullaby of the Cannons for the Night, A” (song, Trinh Cong Son), 152–53
• Lynd, Staughton, 76
• Ly Tong Ba, 194–95
• MacArthur, Douglas, 82
• Mao Zedong, 30, 71–72, 86, 100–103. See also People’s Republic of China
• McCarthy, Eugene, 172
• McCone, John, 48, 49, 59
• McNamara, Robert, 76, 77, 136, 164;
  • doubts about war, 90–93;
  • early U.S. involvement and, 47, 48, 59, 60–61;
  • reflections on war, 203–5, 206;
  • U.S. troop commitment and, 79–82
• Meadlo, Paul, 145
• Medina, Ernest, 144–45
• Mekong Delta, 1, 14, 19, 60–61, 91, 92, 125, 127
• Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), 47, 57
• Mitchell, David, 146
• Morgenthau, Hans J., 166–67, 187
• Mulldune, David W., 146–47
• Muoi Cuc. See Nguyen Van Linh
• My Lai massacre, 143–46, 181, 182, 183
• My Tho province, 127, 139–40
• National Liberation Front (NLF), 102, 207;
  • casualties, 123, 125, 155–57;
  • creation of, 30, 37–38;
  • early successes of, 31, 46–50, 137–38;
  • manifesto, 40–41;
  • morale, 124, 125;
  • Ngo Dinh Diem overthrow and, 57–58, 59, 60–63;
  • Paris peace accords and, 119, 120;
  • participants in, 17, 123, 138–43, 157–59;
  • peasants and, 31, 41–46, 131–36, 157–59;
  • Provisional Revolutionary Government of, 105, 120;
  • Tet Offensive and, 85–87, 93, 98–99, 105, 125, 142, 157–59;
  • U.S. escalation and, 65–66, 79, 85, 87–88, 92, 127, 131–36;
  • women in, 14–16, 142–43, 155–57
• National Security Council report 64, 23–24
• New Vietnam, The (Phan Boi Chau), 5
• Ngo Dinh Diem, 157, 164;
  • Buddhist opposition to, 50–51, 139;
  • emergence as leader, 29–30, 34, 36–37;
  • overthrow of, 31, 53–54, 57, 59–60, 193;
  • regime in crisis, 50–56;
  • repressive policies of, 30, 31, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 205;
  • U.S. support for, 35–37, 38–41, 47, 51–52, 205
• Ngo Dinh Nhu, 53–54, 59
• Nguyen Ai Quoc. See Ho Chi Minh
• Nguyen Cao Ky, 76, 85, 91, 92, 192–94
• Nguyen Chi Thanh, 52, 73, 93, 94
• Nguyen Co Thach, 203–5
• Nguyen Dinh Chieu, 4–5, 14, 15
• Nguyen dynasty, 1
• Nguyen Huu Tho, 102
• Nguyen Thi Dinh, 14–16, 19, 142
• Nguyen Van Be, 139–42
• Nguyen Van Hoang, 137–38
• Nguyen Van Linh, 100–102
• Nguyen Van Thieu, 76, 85, 91, 102, 152;
  • and Johnson’s escalation, 76, 85;
  • leadership weakness of, 101, 193, 195;
  • NLF provisional government as rival to, 105, 120;
  • Paris peace accords and, 87, 114, 116–19, 120, 189;
  • resignation, 190
• Nhu, Ngo Dinh. See Ngo Dinh Nhu
• Nixon, Richard M., 186, 188, 196;
  • antiwar protests and, 108, 162, 174–84;
  • Cambodia invasion and, 86, 106–9, 110, 178, 179;
  • diplomacy with China and Soviet Union, 86, 100, 103, 111, 114;
  • Paris peace accords and, 87, 114, 116–18, 120;
  • U.S. troop withdrawal and, 87, 104–5, 109, 110, 125, 143;
  • Vietnam policy, 86–87, 103–5, 108–9, 111–13, 114–15, 162, 174
• Norodom Sihanouk. See Sihanouk, Prince Norodom
• North Vietnam. See Democratic Republic of Vietnam; People’s Army of Vietnam
• O’Brien, Tim, 200
• O’Daniel, John, 35, 36
• Paris peace accords, 87, 114–19, 120–21, 185, 188–89, 206
• People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN), 207;
  • Cambodia invasion by U.S. and, 107;
  • casualties, 123, 125;
  • first units to South Vietnam, 58, 64–65;
  • Ia Drang and, 90, 91, 136–37;
  • Johnson’s escalation and, 80, 85, 87–88, 92, 127, 130–31, 136–38;
  • morale, 124, 154–55;
  • offensive, spring 1972, 112, 114, 115;
  • offensive, spring 1975, 185, 188, 190;
  • Paris talks and, 110, 119;
  • participants in, 123, 130–31, 136–38, 199–202;
  • Tet Offensive and, 93, 96, 99, 105, 125, 152, 154
• People’s Liberation Armed Forces. See National Liberation Front
• People’s Republic of China, 3, 25, 85, 168, 205;
  • invasion of northern Vietnam, 1979, 186;
  • Soviet Union and, 30, 58, 86;
  • support for DRV, 24, 26, 29, 30, 58, 86, 93, 97, 100–103;
  • troop commitment to DRV, 71–72, 100;
  • and Nixon policy, 86, 100, 103, 111, 114, 188, 189;
  • U.S. fears of, 69–70, 80, 81, 82, 83, 93, 166, 167
• Perry, Lucia, 179, 180
• Pham Hung, 94, 107, 188
• Pham Van Dong, 2, 71, 72, 73, 100–103, 120, 188
• Phan Boi Chau, 5–6, 8
• Phan Chu Trinh, 6–8
• Phan Van Ha, 20–21
• Phu Tho province, 154
• Pol Pot, 186
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 197
• Potter, Paul, 163–65, 187, 206
• Provisional Revolutionary Government (NLF), 105, 120
• Quang Nam province, 44
• Quang Ngai province, 44, 136, 143, 155, 157
• Qui Nhon, 127
• Race, Jeffrey, 42
• Radford, Arthur W., 35–36
• Rand Corporation, 44, 131, 154
• Reagan, Ronald, 202–3, 206
• Red River Delta, 19, 154, 194
• Republic of Vietnam. See South Vietnam
• Resor, Stanley, 83
• Revolutionary Youth Movement, 174–76
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., 3, 21, 22–23
• Rostow, Walt, 96
• Rusk, Dean, 47, 48, 49, 54, 59, 76, 77, 81, 96
• Russell, Richard, 76
• Russian Revolution, 9
• Saigon government. See Ngo Dinh Diem; Nguyen Van Thieu; South Vietnam
• Sandecki, Rose, 149–50
• Scovil, Elizabeth Penfield, 129
• Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 107, 109
• Smith, Bromley, 54
• Soi Cut, 139
• Son, Trinh Cong. See Trinh Cong Son
• Son My village, 143
• Sorrow of War, The (Bao Ninh), 199–202
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 30, 76, 78
• South Vietnam: creation of, 29–31, 32–37, 38;
  • Diem regime in crisis, 50–56;
  • DRV pressure on, xxi, 30–31, 37–41, 57–58, 59, 61–66, 71–75, 80, 87–88, 91, 92–95, 101, 130–31, 136–38;
  • early U.S. support for, 29–30, 31, 34–41, 46–50;
  • ethnic Chinese in, 157, 185–86;
  • fall of Saigon, 186, 190–91, 192–94, 206;
  • insurgency in, xx, 14, 17, 30, 31, 40–52, 123–24;
  • Paris peace accords and, 87, 110–11, 114, 116–19, 120–21, 185, 188–89;
  • Tet Offensive and, 86, 97–99, 125, 152;
  • U.S. troop commitment in, 1965–1967, xxi, 57, 58, 69, 75–84, 85, 89–93, 126–30;
  • U.S. troop withdrawal and, 87, 104–5, 109, 110, 125, 143;
  • war after ceasefire and, xx, 194–97. See also Bombing; Central Office for South Vietnam; National Liberation Front Ngo Dinh Diem; Nguyen Van Thieu
• South Viet Nam National Front for Liberation. See National Liberation Front
• Soviet Union, 3, 10, 11, 13, 85, 92–93;
  • China and, 30, 58, 86;
  • Nixon policy and, 100, 103, 111, 114, 163;
  • U.S. fears of, 22, 26, 29, 80, 82;
  • weapons support to DRV and, 30, 58, 97, 100
• Stalin, Joseph, 22–23
• Stennis, John C., 170–71, 186
• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 163–65, 174, 206
• Swender, Jack S., 126
• Tang, Truong Nhu. See Truong Nhu Tang
• Tan Huong Nam, 14
• Taylor, Maxwell, 48, 96
• Tay Ninh province, 154
• Terhune, Buzz, 179
• Tet Offensive, 85–87, 93–99, 100, 125, 142, 143, 147, 152, 154, 172
• Tetreault, Jeff, 179
• Thach, Nguyen Co. See Nguyen Co Thach
• Thanh, Nguyen Chi. See Nguyen Chi Thanh
• Thieu, Nguyen Van. See Nguyen Van Thieu
• Things We Carried, The (O’Brien), 200
• Tho, Le Duc. See Le Duc Tho
• Tram, Dang Thuy. See Dang Thuy Tram
• Trang Bang, 139
• Trinh, Phan Chu. See Phan Chu Trinh
• Trinh Cong Son, 152–53, 154
• Trinh Duc, 142, 157–59
• Truman, Harry, 3, 13, 21, 22, 25
• Truong Chinh, 2
• Truong Nhu Tang, 17–19
• Tuan Doanh, 19
• Tuy Hoa province, 127
• United States: Diem regime in crisis and, 50–56;
  • engagement, 1943–1954, xx, xxi, 21–27;
  • escalation, 1965–1967, xix–xx, xxi, 57, 58, 65–71, 75–84, 85;
  • involvement, 1963–1965, 57–58, 59–61;
  • Paris peace accords and, 87, 120–21, 185, 206;
  • Paris talks, 103, 106–7, 110–11;
  • postwar Vietnam and, 186–87, 190–91;
  • reconstruction aid to North Vietnam, 115, 120;
  • South Vietnam support and, 29–30, 31, 34–41, 46–50;
  • unpopularity of Vietnam War in, 91–92, 108, 161–84. See also Antiwar protests; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Nixon, Richard M.; U.S. troops
• U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), 22, 35–36, 47, 50, 65–66, 78, 80, 188
• U.S. troops: Americal Division, 144;
  • Cambodia invasion and, 106–9;
  • conditions among, 125, 143–44, 147–52, 197–99;
  • Eleventh Infantry Brigade, 144;
  • First Cavalry Division, 136;
  • First Infantry Division, 131;
  • First Marine Division, 126, 129–30, 146–47;
  • and Johnson’s escalation, xxi, 57, 58, 61, 69, 75–84, 85, 87–88, 89–93, 126–30;
  • and Kennedy policy, 47, 48;
  • My Lai massacre and, 143–46, 181, 182, 183;
  • Nixon withdrawal of, 86–87, 96, 103–5, 109, 110, 125, 152, 159;
  • 101st Airborne Division, 127, 197;
  • 173rd Airborne Brigade, 78, 131;
  • Operation New Life, 131;
  • participants in, 123, 147–49, 151–52, 197–99;
  • popular U.S. view of, xviii–xix, 206;
  • statistics on, xix, xx, 123, 149–50;
  • and strategy of attrition, 85, 89–90, 100, 139;
  • Tet Offensive and, 93, 94, 96, 143, 147;
  • Twenty-fifth Infantry Division, 128–29. See also U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group; Veterans of war
• Van Tien Dung, 93, 94
• Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), 198
• Veterans of war: American, xviii, xix, 162, 179, 185, 187, 197–99, 202–3;
  • Vietnamese, 186, 194–95, 199–202
• Viet Cong. See National Liberation Front; People’s Army of Vietnam
• Viet Minh, 37, 138;
  • Dien Bien Phu and, 25, 27, 29, 93;
  • establishment, 2, 12–13;
  • in South Vietnam, 30, 31, 41, 44–46, 52;
  • struggle against France, 2–3, 12–13, 14–16, 17, 18–19, 24, 30, 33, 44, 52, 71
• Vietnamese: Buddhists, 14, 50–51, 139, 152;
  • Catholics, 31, 36, 195;
  • civilian casualties, 124;
  • Confucian influences on, 1, 4, 5, 14, 17, 18, 36;
  • ethnic Chinese, 157, 185–86;
  • participants in fighting, 123, 130–31;
  • peasant political engagement, xxi, 3, 19–21, 31, 41–44, 46, 49–50;
  • popular U.S. images of, xviii, xix;
  • struggle of, against France, xx–xxi, 1–27, 31, 43, 51, 61, 64, 85, 87, 131, 138, 157
• —Communists, 87, 102, 157, 192;
  • Central Office for South Vietnam and, 31, 52, 94, 98, 100, 105, 188;
  • during French rule, 2–3, 8–27, 44;
  • Geneva Accords and, 32–35, 37;
  • Indochinese Communist Party and, 10, 12, 31;
  • South Vietnam strategy and, 31, 37–41, 52, 57–58, 59, 61–63, 71–75, 85, 91;
  • U.S. fear of, 22, 23–24, 26, 27, 29–30, 34–35, 38, 47, 49, 60, 166–67, 205;
  • war after ceasefire and, 186, 190, 196. See also Democratic Republic of Vietnam; National Liberation Front
• Vietnamese Workers’ Party. See Vietnamese — Communists
• Vietnamization, 86, 96, 103–5, 108, 111, 115, 123
• Vietnam Veterans against the War, 147, 181–83
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 202
• Vinh Kim village, 140, 141
• Vo Dat village, 131–34, 135
• Vo Nguyen Giap, 2, 29, 93, 99, 203–5
• Vo Xu village, 134–36
• Vu Thi Kim Vinh, 195–97
• Weathermen, 174–76
• Westmoreland, William, 105, 196;
  • strategy of attrition of, 85, 89–90;
  • Tet Offensive and, 96, 97;
  • U.S. troop commitment and, 57, 75, 79, 82, 90, 96, 97
• Wheeler, Earle G., 81, 96
• Widmer, Frederick, 145, 146
• Wilson, Woodrow, 8
• World War II, 3, 22, 157;
  • Viet Minh and, 2, 12–13
• Xuan Thuy, 86–87, 110–11, 114
• Zasloff, Joseph J., 44
• Zink, Jeff, 179