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order of battle deception of the Vietnam War: 1965-1968
Title
The order of battle deception of the Vietnam War: 1965-1968.
Creator
Stenson, Josephine., Florida Atlantic University, O'Sullivan, John
Abstract/Description
In the years 1965 to 1968 of the Viet Nam War, high level U.S. military officials ordered arbitrary reductions of official estimates of the enemy order of battle. The motivation for their policy reflected the difficulties posed by this war. As divisiveness in the U.S. increased over support for the war, signs of progress in the war were in demand, but impressive military progress was not being made, although ARVN reports through 1966 reported military success. With bilateral intelligence,...
Show moreIn the years 1965 to 1968 of the Viet Nam War, high level U.S. military officials ordered arbitrary reductions of official estimates of the enemy order of battle. The motivation for their policy reflected the difficulties posed by this war. As divisiveness in the U.S. increased over support for the war, signs of progress in the war were in demand, but impressive military progress was not being made, although ARVN reports through 1966 reported military success. With bilateral intelligence, more accurate reports were made. The Johnson Administration called for dramatic progress reports. Among these, MACV's reports on enemy force estimates were useful to portray success. However, revised estimates showed increasing numbers, both in enemy force size and battalion and larger-scale enemy-initiated attacks. These reports were suppressed by destruction or modified through arbitrary cuts by military officials. Thus news on the war was falsified to the public.
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Date Issued
1990
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14680
Subject Headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Format
Document (PDF)
The case against a president's war : a summary of the basic arguments to be used by the plaintiff in the constitutional law case, Medeiros vs United States
Title
The case against a president's war : a summary of the basic arguments to be used by the plaintiff in the constitutional law case, Medeiros vs United States.
Creator
Medeiros, John
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
1968
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002778
Subject Headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Vietnam peace proposals.
Title
Vietnam peace proposals.
Creator
World Without War Council.
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
1967
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002815
Subject Headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Peace.
Format
Document (PDF)
Coffee, Tea or Ammo
Title
Coffee, Tea or Ammo.
Creator
Cooper, William., Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
Abstract/Description
Set during the Vietnam War, Coffee, Tea or Ammo chronicles the adventures of Bob Thomas, from his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the draft, through basic training and advanced individual training, to his service in Vietnam with an army artillery battery. On one level the narrative is impelled by Thomas's attempt to resolve the conflict between his agonistic and irenic impulses. However, the novel also relies on satire, precipitated by the bevy of unnerving characters Thomas encounters, such...
Show moreSet during the Vietnam War, Coffee, Tea or Ammo chronicles the adventures of Bob Thomas, from his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the draft, through basic training and advanced individual training, to his service in Vietnam with an army artillery battery. On one level the narrative is impelled by Thomas's attempt to resolve the conflict between his agonistic and irenic impulses. However, the novel also relies on satire, precipitated by the bevy of unnerving characters Thomas encounters, such as a predatory homosexual drill sergeant, an oversexed lieutenant who frags another officer, a captain who keeps his identity secret from his troops and communicates through written acronyms, a colonel who counts fallen trees as KIAs, and a beleaguered American advisor on the run from an ARVN soldier trying to kill him to save face. Although Thomas's war experience is different from what he anticipated, it has a lasting impact on his life.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13319
Subject Headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the conflict, Americans--Vietnam--Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction
Format
Document (PDF)
The first step in the procurement of military manpower is registration.
Title
The first step in the procurement of military manpower is registration.
Creator
Resistance (Organization : San Francisco, Calif.)
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
1969?
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002772
Subject Headings
Draft., Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters.
Format
Document (PDF)
Subversive involvement in the origin, leadership, and activities of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and its predecessor organizations / staff study by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives, Ninety-first Cong
Title
Subversive involvement in the origin, leadership, and activities of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and its predecessor organizations / staff study by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives, Ninety-first Congress, second session.
Creator
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security.
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
1970
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002829
Subject Headings
New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
Format
Document (PDF)
2 Vietnams
Title
2 Vietnams.
Creator
Rooney, Scarlett Elizabeth., Florida Atlantic University, Schwartz, Jason
Abstract/Description
2 Vietnams documents modern Vietnam through alternating chapters of collage fictions and images: "East-West Documentation," "Vietnam in the Twilight-Hour," "Correspondence," and "Confessional Archives." Although 2 Vietnams serves as a documentary-style account of the many Vietnams that exist and confront our American memory of Vietnam, each chapter contains social narratives that connect to each other forming larger, subtler narratives. "East-West Documentation" follows a fictional writer's...
Show more2 Vietnams documents modern Vietnam through alternating chapters of collage fictions and images: "East-West Documentation," "Vietnam in the Twilight-Hour," "Correspondence," and "Confessional Archives." Although 2 Vietnams serves as a documentary-style account of the many Vietnams that exist and confront our American memory of Vietnam, each chapter contains social narratives that connect to each other forming larger, subtler narratives. "East-West Documentation" follows a fictional writer's experience living in Vietnam, conducting interviews and reading articles. "Vietnam in the Twilight-Hour" strings narrative poetry together with titles ranging from "Neocolonialism," "Love in Notations," to "SocialPolygrams." In addition to these poetic narratives are photographs that tell snapshot stories. "Correspondence" contains fictions such as "Think and It Will Happen," "StoryOptics," and "Flame of Life." Lastly, "Confessional Archives" contains images and non-fictional stories from veterans, both Vietnamese and American.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13310
Subject Headings
Memory in art, Vietnam--History--Pictorial works, Vietnam War, 1961-1965--Pictorial works, Symbolism in literature, Indochina--History--1945---Sources
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Dr. Richard E. Yinger – ca. 2006
Title
Interview with Dr. Richard E. Yinger – ca. 2006.
Creator
Yinger, Richard E., Mavo, Patricia
Date Issued
2006-02-03
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT72823
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945, Korean War, Vietnam War, United States Marine Corps, Palm Beach County, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
Format
Set of related objects
THE EFFECT OF WAR ON U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH: COMPARING THE KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND WARS IN MIDDLE EAST
Title
THE EFFECT OF WAR ON U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH: COMPARING THE KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND WARS IN MIDDLE EAST.
Creator
Lee, Chaewoong, Yuhn, Ky-Hyang, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Economics, College of Business
Abstract/Description
Analyzing the effect of military expenditure on economic growth has been an essential task for U.S economists. This thesis analyzed macroeconomic components for the last 70 years by estimating the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model and vector autoregressive model. To interpret the empirical analysis, historical analysis of the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Wars in the Middle East, was made. One found the negative effect of military spending during wartime on the economic...
Show moreAnalyzing the effect of military expenditure on economic growth has been an essential task for U.S economists. This thesis analyzed macroeconomic components for the last 70 years by estimating the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model and vector autoregressive model. To interpret the empirical analysis, historical analysis of the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Wars in the Middle East, was made. One found the negative effect of military spending during wartime on the economic growth of the United States. This thesis suggests that the policymakers and military commanders should focus on shortening the state of war to minimize economic damage to the United States.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013506
Subject Headings
Economic development--United States, Korean War, 1950-1953, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, War--Middle East, Military spending, Macroeconomics
Format
Document (PDF)
A Hawkish Dove? Robert S. McNamara in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, 1962-1968
Title
A Hawkish Dove? Robert S. McNamara in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, 1962-1968.
Creator
Giraldo, Maria Camila, Shannon, Kelly, Florida Atlantic University, Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Robert S. McNamara served as U.S. Secretary of Defense (SOD) for Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. McNamara participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations in 1961 and became a key formulator of Vietnam policy. This thesis challenges scholarship that characterizes McNamara as a fierce hawk who relentlessly executed military escalation in Vietnam. By drawing parallels between McNamara’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, and by exploring how McNamara’s...
Show moreRobert S. McNamara served as U.S. Secretary of Defense (SOD) for Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. McNamara participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations in 1961 and became a key formulator of Vietnam policy. This thesis challenges scholarship that characterizes McNamara as a fierce hawk who relentlessly executed military escalation in Vietnam. By drawing parallels between McNamara’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, and by exploring how McNamara’s concept of loyalty to the presidency influenced his decisions, this thesis argues that the SOD was willing to escalate the situation militarily as a form of political communication with the adversary. To McNamara, military pressure was a means to create avenues for diplomacy. McNamara became increasingly uncomfortable – and ultimately resigned in 1968 - when the Johnson administration pursued military escalation without an organized campaign towards negotiations. He was therefore not as hawkish as other scholars have claimed.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013551
Subject Headings
McNamara, Robert S, 1916-2009, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Format
Document (PDF)
Telomeres
Title
Telomeres.
Creator
Oquendo, Nicole., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Telomeres is a manuscript-length lyric essay in many parts that traces the relationship of the narrator and her father as they both navigate the landscape of post-traumatic stress disorder after his return from Vietnam.
Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359283
Subject Headings
Post-traumatic stress disorder, Fathers and daughters, VIetnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, Mental health, Veterans, Mental health
Format
Document (PDF)
Vietnam and the legacy of Conrad
Title
Vietnam and the legacy of Conrad.
Creator
Gabel, Jill Stacy., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
Abstract/Description
A mixed-media study of Vietnam War literature begins in Africa with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and travels into Vietnam with Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Michael Herr's Dispatches. Marlow, Willard, and Herr are first person narrators on voyages of self-discovery. Their journeys into Africa, Cambodia, and Vietnam lead the audience into an examination of themes pertinent to not only the works, but the twentieth century and, therefore, history. Through an examination of...
Show moreA mixed-media study of Vietnam War literature begins in Africa with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and travels into Vietnam with Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Michael Herr's Dispatches. Marlow, Willard, and Herr are first person narrators on voyages of self-discovery. Their journeys into Africa, Cambodia, and Vietnam lead the audience into an examination of themes pertinent to not only the works, but the twentieth century and, therefore, history. Through an examination of imperialism, the conflict of Western and non-Western values, the interplay of fantasy and reality, and the nature of moral confession, Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now, and Dispatches aim to force their audiences to confront the responsibility of all mankind for the horrors of war.
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Date Issued
1992
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14881
Subject Headings
Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924--Criticism and interpretation., Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924.--Heart of darkness., Coppola, Francis Ford,--1939---Apocalypse now., Herr, Michael.--Dispatches., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the conflict., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Motion pictures and the conflict.
Format
Document (PDF)