Giap: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam (41 page)

Giap’s first victories and,
65
,
67
,
66

origins and significance of,
12–13
,
215–16

T.E. Lawrence and,
12

Tet Offensive and,
164
,
168
,
172
,
173
,
177

World War II and,
19–23
,
26–8
,
30
,
31

Harriman, Averill,
175

Hart, B.H. Lidell,
209

Herring, George,
122
,
127

Hitler, Adolf,
13
,
18

Hoa Binh,
83–5

Hoang Van Thai,
207–8

Ho Chi Minh,
xii
,
3
,
4–5
,
7
,
8
,
11
,
14
,
16
,
17
,
19
,
20–2
,
25
,
27
,
30
,
31–3
,
37–40
,
45
,
56
,
59
,
61
,
75
,
81
,
99
,
103
,
131
,
133
,
136
,
143
,
146–7
,
149–50
,
153

and Communism,
4

and Eighth Route Army,
11

on Lenin,
3

and Vietnamese Communist Party,
3
,
8
,
22

Ho Chi Minh Trail,
131
,
132
,
136
,
143
,
146
,
150
,
153
,
157
,
172
,
176
,
187
,
188
,
194–6
,
201
,
206

Indochina,
5
,
10
,
14
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
29
,
31
,
35
,
38
,
39–40
,
47
,
48
,
50
,
55
,
60–1
,
63
,
66
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71
,
73
,
74
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75
,
76
,
93
,
97
,
100
,
102
,
105
,
109
,
110
,
118
,
120
,
121–2
,
170

Indochinese Communist Party (ICP),
22
,
52

indoctrination, political

at Dien Bien Phu,
118

during Giap’s early years,
15

influence on PLAF and PAVN troops,
165
,
185

refining of,
82

significance of,
193

War of Resistance and,
39
,
51
,
53–4

during World War II,
25
,
29

Inter-colonial Union,
2

Isaacson, Walter,
185

Japan,
11
,
12
,
14
,
17
,
18
,
26
,
29
,
31

Johnson, Lyndon,
124
,
125
,
138
,
141
,
142–4
,
147
,
152
,
159
,
160
,
164
,
167–8
,
169
,
170
,
173–4
,
175
,
176
,
177
,
180
,
184
,
187
,
189

Karnow, Stanley,
126
,
180

Kennedy, John F.,
125
,
126
,
135–6
,
137
,
138

Kissinger, Henry,
183
,
184
,
197
,
199
,
204–5

Kolko, Gabriel,
179
,
180
,
215

Laird, Melvin,
184

Langlais, Pierre,
104
,
113
,
116

Langson,
65
,
69
,
71–3
,
98

Lang Vei attack,
169

Lansdale, Edward,
122

Laos,
176
,
194–6

Lawrence, T.E.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
(1922),
12

LeClerc, Philippe,
37

Le Duan,
133
,
135
,
139
,
149
,
150
,
171

“Tenants of the Revolution in the South” (1956),
129

Le Duc Tho,
204

Lenin

“Theses on the National and Colonial Questions” (1920),
3

LePage, Colonel,
71–2

Le Travail
,
11

Lodge, Henry Cabot,
137

Logevall, Fredrik,
29
,
33
,
73
,
214

Lycée Albert Sarraut,
10

Lycée National,
1
,
8

madman theory (Nixon),
184

Mao Zedong,
x
,
20–1
,
44
,
56
,
76
,
93

On Guerrilla Warfare
(1937),
12
,
160

Marine Amphibious Force,
162

Marty, Louis,
10

McAlister, John,
28

McGarvey, Patrick,
151

McNamara, Robert,
155
,
165

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV),
155
,
158
,
164
,
165
,
167–8
,
169
,
172–3
,
176–7
,
185
,
193
,
200

mobile warfare

Giap and,
65
,
193

FEF and,
69
,
91

Morgan, Ted,
111

My Chanh River,
201

Nam Yum River,
105

National Liberation Front (NLF) for South Vietnam,
123–4
,
132
,
135–7
,
139
,
147
,
152
,
155
,
166
,
176
,
177
,
185
,
190–1
,
192
,
199
,
205

Navarre, Henri,
94
,
97–8
,
101–3
,
108–10
,
119
,
120

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939),
13

Nghiem, Vo Quang,
6–7

Ngo Dinh Diem,
7
,
122
,
124–8
,
144

Ngo Dinh Nhu,
127
,
137

Ngo Quang Truong,
201

Nguyen Binh,
66

Nguyen Chi Thanh,
139
,
143
,
146
,
149
,
170

Nguyen-Hue Offensive,
197–203

Nguyen Quang Minh Thai,
9–10
,
26

Nguyen Thi Kien,
7

Nguyen Van Thieu,
188
,
190
,
192
,
196–7
,
199
,
204–5
,
207
,
209–10
,
211

Nixon, Richard Milhous,
183–5
,
187
,
190
,
193
,
194–5
,
199
,
201
,
202
,
204–6

Nol, Lon,
195

North Vietnamese Army (NVA),
see
People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN)

O’Ballance, Edgar,
87
,
93

O’Neill, Robert,
55

Oberdorfer, Don,
181

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), USA,
31
,
40

Operation Atlante,
98
,
108

Operation Castor,
101
,
102

Operation Cedar Falls,
155

Operation Ceinture,
49

Operation Junction City,
155–6

Operation Lam Son,
196–7

Operation Lea,
47
,
49
,
66

Operation Linebacker,
201

Operation Linebacker II,
205

Operation Lorraine,
87–90

Operation Rolling Thunder,
143
,
147

Operation Washington Green,
193

Pac Bo village,
22

pacification operations

of ARVN,
147
,
152
,
192
,
193

of FEF,
45
,
50
,
91
,
97

“oil slick method,”
45
,
91
,
155
,
207

Paris Peace Accords,
187
,
204–5

Paschall, Rod,
212

People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN)

American War, strategic debate and military operations,
149–54

characteristics of,
27–31

and China,
55
,
56
,
64–5
,
67
,
86
,
101
,
111
,
189
,
206–7

at Dien Bien Phu,
96
,
98–100
,
106
,
108–9
,
114–17

expansions of,
52–9
,
79–92
,
131

Giap’s first victories and,
67
,
69
,
70
,
72

and Ho Chi Minh Trail,
131
,
136
,
143
,
153
,
157–8
,
172
,
188
,
194–6
,
201
,
206

increasing importance after Tet,
164–6
,
168–70
,
172–3
,
175
,
177

during 1951–1953,
77–8

during 1954–1965,
124
,
131–3
,
135
,
139–40

during 1965–1967,
147–51
,
153–6

during 1969–1975,
185
,
188–9
,
191
,
194–201
,
203–11

origins,
27

Revolutionary Military Committee,
30

“stand and fight” tactic,
189

tactics and culture,
156–61

War of Resistance and,
43–5
,
48
,
49
,
52–9

People’s Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF)

authority and control of,
134–5

Ho Chi Minh offensive views and,
211

during 1954–1965,
124
,
132–3
,
136–7
,
141
,
143

during 1965–1967,
146
,
148
,
150
,
151
,
154
,
155–6
,
157

during 1969–1975,
189
,
191

Tet Offensive and,
163–6
,
168
,
173
,
177

People’s Liberation Army of Communist China (PLA),
55
,
56
,
60
,
63
,
64
,
86
,
91
,
92

Perfume River,
166

Pham Van Dong,
7
,
11
,
20

Phan Boi Chau,
7

Phoenix Program,
186

Pike, Douglas,
x
,
23
,
45
,
57
,
59
,
180

Pirou, Gaeton,
11

Poland,
13

political action programs

Binh Van,
57

Dan Van,
58

Dich Van,
58

Potsdam Conference (1945),
36

Prados, John,
153

Pribbenow, Merle,
209

proto-guerrilla operations,
190

Quoc, Nguyen Ai,
2–3
,
10

“Colonialism on Trial,”
2
,
4

Radford, Arthur,
93

Rand Corporation,
54

Red River Delta,
18
,
23
,
30
,
41
,
45
,
46
,
49–50
,
51
,
65
,
73–4
,
76
,
77
,
82
,
84
,
86
,
88
,
91–2
,
93
,
95
,
97
,
99
,
101
,
119

Red Terror,
9

Revers, Georges,
61

Revers Report,
61

Revolutionary Military Committee,
see
People’s Army of Vietnam

Revolutionary Youth League (RYL), Vietnam,
9

Rostow, Walt,
142

Sainteny, Jean,
39

Salan, Raoul,
12
,
84
,
86
,
87–9
,
92–3
,
97
,
100

Schoenbrun, David,
40

Sorley, Lewis,
177
,
178
,
191
,
192

A Better War
(1999),
177

South Korea,
147

South Vietnam,
see individual entries

Soviet Union,
2
,
40
,
59
,
121
,
133
,
148
,
149
,
184
,
189
,
206

Stalin, Joseph,
13

Starobin, Joseph,
89
,
90