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Parent topics

• John F. Kennedy Administration [r]: (1917-1963) American politician (D-MA) serving as President of the U.S. from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ^[e]
• Lyndon B. Johnson Administration [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". ^[e]
• Journalism [r]: Practice of writing about daily events of interest to people - politics, international affairs, sports, etc. ^[e]
• Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]

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• Battle of Ap Bac [r]: Fought on January 2, 1963, a small but politically significant battle of the Vietnam War, won by the Viet Cong against Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) troops with United States Army advisors. It was significant in that the command failures were publicized to the press by John Paul Vann; denials by U.S. senior commanders started the pattern of aggressive investigative journalism ^[e]
• Bay of Pigs [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Peter Arnett [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Homer Bigeart [r]: Add brief definition or description
• McGeorge Bundy [r]: Harvard University professor and dean who became Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations between 1961-1966. ^[e]
• William Bundy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ngo Dinh Diem [r]: President of the Republic of Vietnam from shortly after its creation, to his overthrow and death in the Vietnam War, Buddhist crisis and military coup of 1963. He was of the Catholic minority, ascetic and autocratic, and strongly anti-Communist ^[e]
• Averell Harriman [r]: American diplomat who served as Asistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs between 1961 and 1963, and then headed the overt U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Talks while the serious secret negotiations took place between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. Known as "the alligator" for his approach to discussion inside the U.S. government. ^[e]
• Paul Harkins [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Richard Helms [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roger Hilsman [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert McNamara [r]: A specialist in quantitative management who became president of the Ford Motor Company, but was quickly nominated as Secretary of Defense, becoming a major architect of policy, especially for the Vietnam War, in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. ^[e]
• New York Times [r]: A widely distributed daily newspaper, published in New York City. ^[e]
• Dean Rusk [r]: United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1968 in the Administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, with extensive Asian experience and a strong advocate of U.S. resistance to Communism in Southeast Asia ^[e]
• Neil Sheehan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Frederick Nolting Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Maxwell Taylor [r]: U.S. Army officer who commanded Airborne units in the Second World War, he rose to full general and Chief of Staff of the Army. Recalled from retirement by John F. Kennedy, he took on a number of politicomilitary roles including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ambassador to South Vietnam. ^[e]
• John Paul Vann [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Westmoreland [r]: Add brief definition or description

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• Censorship [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operations security [r]: Add brief definition or description