Public affairs : the military and the media, 1968-1973 / by William M. Hammond.

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Main Author: Hammond, William M.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 1996.
Series:United States Army in Vietnam.
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300 |a xix, 659 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
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505 0 |a 1."War in a Goldfish Bowl". Fighting while negotiating; News embargo: Operation Delaware; A change in command; The enemy attacks; May 1968; Press coverage; concern for civilian losses; Abrams' approach to Public Affairs Policy; American forces withdraw from Khe Sanh; The enemy attacks again: August 1968 -- 2. The November bombing halt. Doubts continue; Political realities take precedence; The South Vietnamese object -- 3."I will not warn again". Secretary Laird takes control; Nixon considers air attacks on Cambodia; The Tet Offensive of 1969; Bombing begins in Cambodia -- 4. Contradictions. The American dilemma; The effort to curtail American casualties; Tentative reductions begin; The Battle of Hamburger Hill; The American withdrawal begins; The Battle of Ben Het; Further restrictions on information -- 5. Vietnamization. The attitude of the press; The Nixon administration's perceptions; Improving the South Vietnamese image -- 6. Keeping Control: South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese image; The South Vietnamese attitude; South Vietnamese sensitivities; A new statement of mission for MACV; The Green Beret affair; The attempt to limit further damage -- 7. The mood in the United States. Public Affairs initiative; September-October 1969; The 3 November speech; The President moves to retain the initiative; The news media covers the March on Washington -- 8. Race and drugs. Morale declines; Race relations; Drug abuse -- 9. Discipline and dissent. The Club scandal; The Alpha Company Affair; Allegations of censorship -- 10. My Lai and other atrocities. The incidents of 3 November; Atrocity at My Lai; The effort to contain the damage; The White House and the media react -- 11. The My Lai controversy broadens. The incidents of 3 November resurface; My Lai remains an issue; The Calley trial and its aftermath -- 12. Improving official credibility: Laos. Pressures grow for a change of policy; Nixon compromises; New disclosures force a reappraisal; A new public affairs policy for Laos; Reporters converge on Vientiane. 
505 0 |a 13. Cambodia becomes an issue. Questions arise about Cambodia; Managing relations with the news media; The President weighs his options, April 1970; The idea of a combined operation takes shape; Countering the opposition -- 14. Incursion into Cambodia. The press; Public Affairs Policy in the field; The situation in the United States; Mixed signals; Difficulties with the press; The attempt to establish success; The news media react; The administration attempts to regroup; American forces withdraw -- 15. A change of direction. Institutional debility; The Saigon correspondents; A case study in change -- 16. Morale becomes an issue. Signs of crisis appear; Herbicides; Combat refusals; Problems with race relations and fragging; Drug abuse; The South Vietnamese connection -- 17. Embargo, Dewey Canyon II. The idea for a raid into Laos takes shape; Handling the press; "Speculation is rampant' -- 18. Lam Son 719. Public relations scenarios; Confusing the issues; Arrangements in the field; Public and editorial opinion; Information policy bends; Helicopter losses and other controversies; The operation falters -- 19. Saving face. Questioning continues; Withdrawal begins; An attempt at image preservation; Assessments -- 20. Holding the line,1971. The Herbert and Hackworth Affairs; Deepening malaise; A single bad day of publicity; Face-off in Vietnam; The South Vietnamese election of 1971 -- 21. Easter offensive. Covering a backwater war; Warnings of a Spring offensive; The offensive begins, April 1972; Handling the press; Problems with the Saigon correspondents; The air war escalates -- 22. Ultimatum: "Settle or else!" General Abrams intervenes; Mining and bombing North Vietnam; Controversy with the press continues; The situation in South Vietnam -- 23. The realities of power. A peace offensive; The negotiations break down; The Christmas bombing; The end of American involvement. 
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