U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center Journalism/Media 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 28 Dec 2012

JOURNALISM IN THE VIETNAM WAR

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Personal Experiences.....p.3 Specific Incidents/Places.....p.4 Policy.....p.5 Other Special Aspects.....p.6

GENERAL SOURCES

Aalai, Azadeh. “Media Depictions of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars”. PhD dss, Loyola, 2008. 224 p. P96.W352,A23.

Carpini, Michael D. "Vietnam and the Press." In The Legacy. Boston: Beacon, 1990. pp. 125-56. DS552.5.L45.

Faulkner, Francis D. "Bao Chi: The American News Media in Vietnam, 1960-1975." PhD dss, U MA, 1981. 800 p. in 2 vols. DS556.22.F38.

Hallin, Daniel C. “The ‘Living-Room War’: Media and Public Opinion in a Limited War.” In Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited.. NY: Osprey, 2006. pp. 276-91. DS557.7.R65.

_____. The “Uncensored War”: The Media and Vietnam. NY: Oxford, 1986. 285 p. DS556.22.H35.

Hammond, William M. Reporting Vietnam: Media and Military at War. Lawrence, KS: U KS, 1998. 362 p. DS559.46.H38.

History of the Vietnam War. Microfiche collection of Indochina Archive, U CA, Berkeley, by UMI, 1994. 8,500 cards. DS551.56.H57. See guidebook III-7.

Hooper, Alan. The Military and the Media. Aldershot, England: Gower, 1984. 247 p. P96.A752.G74. British perspective of Vietnam, Northern Ireland & Falklands. Journalism in the Vietnam War p.2

Just, Ward, compiler. Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism, 1959-1975. NY: Library of America, 2000. 853 p. DS559.46.R47.

Kennedy, William B. Press Coverage of the Vietnam War: The Third View. Carlisle Barracks, PA: SSI, 1979. DS556.22.K46.

Knightley, Phillip. The First Casualty. NY: Harcourt, 1974. Chap. 16. PN4823.K5.

Lester, Robert E., editor. Vietnam, the Media, and Public Support for the War: Selections Form the Holdings of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. 11 reels + printed guide. Frederick, MD: UPA, 1986. DS556.55.U5.V53Microfilm.

McNulty, Thomas M. “Network Television Documentary Treatment of the Vietnam War, 1965 to 1969.” PhD dss, IN U, 1974. 254 p. DS559.46.M8.

Mandelbaum, Michael. "Vietnam: The Television War." Reprinted from Daedalus (Fall 1982) in Parameters (Mar 1983): pp. 89-97. Per.

Minor, Dale. The Information War. NY: Hawthorn, 1970. 212 p. PN4738.M5.

Nobile, Vincent. “Political Opposition in the Age of Mass Media: G.I.’s and Veterans against the War in Vietnam.” PhD dss, U CA-Irvine, 1987. 349 p. DS556.55.U5.N62Microfilm.

Pach, Chester J., Jr. “The War on Television: TV News, the Johnson Administration, and Vietnam.” In A Companion to the Vietnam War. Bodmin, England: Blackwell, 2002. pp. 450-69. DS558.C66.

Patterson, Oscar. “The Vietnam Veteran and the Media: A Comparative Content Analysis of Media Coverage of the War and the Veteran, 1968-1973.” PhD dss, U TN-Knoxville, 1982. 240 p. DS556.22.P38.

Peake, Louis A. The United States in the Vietnam War, 1954-1975: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. NY: Garland, 1986. pp. 255-62. Z3226.P43.

Salisbury, Harrison E., editor. Vietnam Reconsidered: Lessons From a War. NY: Harper & Row, 1984. 336 p. DS552.5.V54. See Pt II.

Smith, Robert B. “A Grievous Miscalculation in the Year of the Monkey.” Vietnam (Feb 2005): pp. 34-43 Per. Media treatment of Tet Offensive

Thompson, Matthew A. “Information Wars: The Government, the Military, the Media and the People, 1941-1991,” cited above. P96W35.T56. See Chaps 4 & 5.

Trotta, Liz. Fighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television News. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 395 p. PN4888.T4.T77. Journalism in the Vietnam War p.3

Turner, Kathleen J. Lyndon Johnson's Dual War: Vietnam and the Press. Chicago: U Chicago, 1985. 358 p. DS556.22.T87.

Werner, Gary L. “The ‘Credibility Gap’—1966: Prestige Gatekeepers View Government Handling of Vietnam Information.” MA thesis, U WI, 1967. 116 p. DS556.22.W47.

Wyatt, Clarence R. Paper Soldiers: The American Press and the Vietnam War. NY: Norton, 1993. 272 p. DS556.22.W92.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

Anson, Robert S. War News: A Young Reporter in Indochina. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 316 p. PN4874.A566.A3.

Arnett, Peter. Live From the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad. NY: Simon, 1994. 460 p. PN5596.A76.A3.

Deakman, Elizabeth. "Dickey Chapelle's Lifelong Quest...." Vietnam (Spring 1989): pp. 8, 61-64. Per. Female war correspondent/photographer, WWII & VN, with US Marines. Reportedly the first woman journalist killed in action.

Elwood-Akers, Virginia. Women War Correspondents in the Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1988. 274 p. DS556.22.E49.

Haines, Don. “With Her Eyes Wide Open.” Vietnam (Aug 2007): pp. 38-45. Per. Dickey Chapelle.

Lunn, Hugh. Vietnam: A Reporter’s War. NY: Stein & Day, 1985. 259 p. DS556.4.L86. Australian reporter.

North, Don. “Learning the Ropes.” Vietnam (Dec 2010): pp. 52-59. Per. Initially a stringer, then an ABC Radio correspondent.

_____. “Requiem for a Vietnam Reporter.” Vietnam (Jun 2012): pp. 48-49. Per. George Esper.

Ray, Michéle. The Two Shores of Hell. [Translated from Deux rives de l’enfer by Elizabeth Abbott] NY: David McKay Co, 1968. 217 p. DS559.5.R3913. “French journalist’s live among the Vietcong and the G.I.’s in Vietnam.”

Schneir, Walter, editor. Westmoreland vs CBS: Guide to the Microfiche Collection. NY: Clearwater, 1987. 308 p. DS551.56.W47. Journalism in the Vietnam War p.4

Steinbeck, John. Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War. Charlottesville, VA: U VA, 2012. 190 p. DS559.46.S745.

_____. “Travels against Charlie.” Vietnam (Aug 2012): pp. 34-39. Per.

Steinman, Ron. Inside Television’s First War: A Saigon Journal. Columbia, MO: U MO, 2002. 262 p. DS559.46.S74. NBC News Bureau Chief, Saigon.

Tiede, Tom. Your Men at War: Tom Tiede in Viet Nam. [Compiled & edited by Boyd Lewis] Cleveland, OH: Special Services Division, Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1966. 111 p. DS559.46.T54.

War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam. NY: Random House, 2002. 291 p. DS559.5.W36.

Westmoreland, William C. Papers. Arch. Include files on journalists.

Yablonka, Marc P. Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Bennington, VT: Merriam, 2009. 258 p. DS559.5.Y33.

SPECIFIC INCIDENTS/PLACES

Anderson, David L. Facing My Lai: Moving beyond the Massacre. Lawrence, KS: U KS, 1998. 237 p. DS557.8.M9.F33.

Braestrup, Peter, & Roper, Burns. Big Story: How the American Press and Television Reported and Interpreted the Crisis of Tet 1968 in Vietnam and Washington. 2 vols. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1976. DS552.3.T4.B7.

Carpini, Michael D. "US Media Coverage of the Vietnam Conflict in 1968." The Vietnam Era: Media and Popular Culture in the US and Vietnam. [Edited by Michael Klein] Winchester, MA: Pluto, 1989. pp. 38-64. DS552.5.V47.

D’Costa, Carlos. “Media Coverage of the Tet Offensive, 1968. “ MA thesis, FL Atlantic, 1981. 47 p. DS556.22.D32.

Garber, William B. “Editorial Reaction of Selected Daily Newspapers to the Calley Conviction.” MA thesis, U FL, 1972. 89 p. DS554.7.G37.

Goodnow, Chandler, et al. "News Coverage of the Tet Offensive." AWC student paper, 1969. Arch.

Hammond, William M. “The Tet Offensive and the News Media: Some Thoughts on the Effects of News Reporting.’ Army History (Winter 2009): pp. 6-15. Per. Journalism in the Vietnam War p.5

Lucas, Jim G. Dateline: Viet Nam. NY: Award House, 1966. 334 p. DS556.4.L8. Articles cover Jan-Apr 1964 in Mekong Delta.

North, Donald. “The Viet Cong Assault on the US Embassy at Tet and the Military Media Controversy it Launched.” In The US Army and the Media in Wartime: Historical Perspectives; The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2009 Military History Symposium. Fort Leavenworth, KS: CSI, 2010. pp. 109-24. UH703.C65.

Smith, Perry. “When the Media Blows It.” In The Military and the Media: Public Perceptions. Chicago: Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, 2000. pp. 85-109. P96.A75.M56. 1998 CNN production concerning incorrect reporting of US use of lethal Sarin gas on civilians and own troops during 1970 Operation TAILWIND in Laos from perspective of CNN military analyst who was not used in the preparation of the program.

See also: -Bibliography on Tet Offensive in Vietnam War-Battles

POLICY

Brown, James B. "Media Access to the Battlefield." Military Review (Jul 1992): pp. 10-20. Per. Analyzes VN-Desert Storm.

Davis, Franklin M., Jr. "The Military and the Media: A Proposal for a Cease-Fire." Army (Sep 1974): pp. 16-20. Per.

Hammond, William M. “Generals Westmoreland and Abrams Meet the Press: What Went Right and What Went Wrong with Media Relations in Vietnam.” In The US Army and the Media in Wartime: Historical Perspectives; The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2009 Military History Symposium, cited above. pp. 89-108. UH703.C65.

_____. Public Affairs: The Military and the Media, 1962-1968. Wash, DC: CMH, 1988. 413 p. DS556.22.H36.

Kiernan, David R. "The Case for Censorship." Army (Mar 1983): pp. 22-24. Per.

Rigg, Robert B. "How Not to Report a War." Military Review (Jun 1969): pp. 14-24. Per.

U.S. Dept of Army. Public Information, Establishment and Conduct of Field Press Censorship in Combat Areas: AR 360-65, dated Aug 1952. 20 p. MilPub-Regs. Superseded by Apr 1966 edition, 16 p. Journalism in the Vietnam War p.6

U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Public Information, Policies and Procedures. Directive 360-1, 15 May 1972. 41 p. MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

_____. Office of Information. "Guidance on Public Release of Information," 1 Apr 1967. 10 p. File #2012, MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

_____. "Accreditation of News Media Personnel," n.d. 3 p. File #2012. MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

_____. "Accreditation Procedures for Unconfirmed News Agency," 17 Jul 1970. 2 p. #2012, MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

_____. "Appeal of the Suspension of Accreditation of Mr. Alan Dawson, UPI Correspondent." Memo, 3 Dec 1972. 11 p. #2012, MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

_____. “Denial of Intelligence Information to the Enemy." Memo for the press, 26 Feb 1968. 1 p. #2012, MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

_____. "Disaccreditation Action - Mr. Richard A. Pyle." Disposition Form, 1 Aug 1972. 3 p. #2012, MACV Command Historian’s Coll.

OTHER SPECIAL ASPECTS

Eldridge, Lawrence A. Chronicles of a Two-front War: Civil Rights and Vietnam in the African American Press. Columbia, MO: U MO, 2011. 285 p. DS559.46.E45.

Fennell, Melissa. “Women War Correspondents: Three Generations on the Frontlines or the Sidelines?” MA thesis, Carleton, 2005. 178 p. PN4784.W36.F46.

Hoffman, Joyce. On Their Own: Women Journalists and the American Experience in Vietnam. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2008. 439 p. DS559.46.H64.

Howell, Haney. Roadrunners: Combat Journalists in Cambodia. Boulder, CO: Paladin, 1989. 282 p. DS556.22.H69.

Huston-Warren, Mila. “Content Analysis of Coverage of Body Count in the Iraq and Vietnam Wars”. MA thesis, CA State-Fullerton, 2006. 82 p. DS559.8.C37.H87.

Kinnard, Douglas. The War Managers. Hanover, NH: U New Eng, 1977. pp. 124-35. DS552.K5. Assessment based on questionnaire views of over half the serving generals in Vietnam.

Lehman, Christopher P. American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961-1973. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007. 223 p. DS557.73.L45. Journalism in the Vietnam War p.7

Lewes, James G. “Protest and Survive: An Analysis of the Influence and Effect of GI-Produced Underground Newspapers on the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.” PhD dss, U IA, 2000. 299 p. DS559.62.U6.L49. Includes list of papers, pp. 237-56.

Osborn, George K., et al, editors. Democracy, Strategy, and Vietnam: Implications for American Policymaking. Lexington, MA: Heath, 1987. 369 p. E183.8.V5.D45. See Chap 8.

Riesz, Charles W., Jr. “The New York Times and Time View the United States in Vietnam: A Survey of Editorial Opinion, 1950-1965.” MA thesis, American, 1969. 101 p. DS559.46.R54.

Venanzi, Gerald S. "Democracy and Protracted War: The Impact of Television." Air University Review (Jan/Feb 1983): pp. 58-72. Per.

Westling, Frank S. "Time and the Vietnam War, 1965-1969." MA thesis, U NC-Chapel Hill, 1971. 75 p. DS556.22.W46. Analysis of news magazine's coverage.