List of Reference Entries and Documents ix
AMERICA TAKES CHARGE, 1965–1967
Reference Entries
Air Mobility
attleboro, Operation
Attrition Strategy
Body Count
Casualties
cedar
falls, Operation
Central Office for South Vietnam
Con Thien, Siege of
Dak To, Battle of
el paso
ii, Operation
Ewell, Julian Johnson
Fratricide
Free World Assistance Program
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Honolulu Conference
Ia Drang, Battle of
junction
city, Operation
market
time, Operation
McNamara Line
Mobile Riverine Force
Search and Destroy
Song Be, Battle of
United States, Involvement in Vietnam,
1965–1968
Documents
• Le Duan: “Letters to the South,” February 1965 [Excerpts]
• National Security Action Memorandum No. 328, April 6, 1965
• Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense: Memorandum for President Lyndon John-
son, April 21, 1965 [Excerpt]
• George Ball, Undersecretary of State: Memorandum for President Lyndon Johnson,
July 1, 1965
• President Lyndon Johnson: Address in San Antonio, Texas, September 29, 1967
[Excerpt]
• General William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam: National Press
Club Address, November 21, 1967 [Excerpts]
THE TET OFFENSIVE
Reference Entries
Ben Tre, Battle of
Calley, William Laws, Jr.
Clifford, Clark McAdams
Cronkite, Walter Leland
Hue, Battle of
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio
Kennedy, Robert Francis
Khe Sanh, Battle of
McCarthy, Eugene Joseph
Mini-Tet Offensive
My Lai Massacre
niagara, Operation
Order of Battle Dispute
Tet Offensive, Overall Strategy
Tet Offensive and the Saigon Circle
Documents
• President Lyndon Johnson: News Conference, February 2, 1968 [Excerpts]
• Senator Robert F. Kennedy Calls Vietnam an Unwinnable War, February 8, 1968
• President Lyndon Johnson: Televised Address, March 31, 1968 [Excerpts]
• President Lyndon Johnson: Announcement of U.S. Bombing Halt, October 31, 1968
[Excerpt]
