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Clarence R. Wyatt

Paper Soldiers

The American Press and the Vietnam War

272 pages, 2 maps  5-1/2 x 8-1/2  © 1993, 1995

Paper $22.00

ISBN: 9780226917955   Published March 1995

Preface
Ch. 1: A Different Kind of World: The Cold War and Secret Government
Ch. 2: Managing the News: The Press, Public Information, and Foreign Policy in the Kennedy Years
Ch. 3: Dramatize the Truth: Coverage of Vietnam, 1955-60
Ch. 4: In Country: The Press Comes to Vietnam, 1961-62
Ch. 5: "Let Them Burn": The Buddhist Crisis of 1963
Ch. 6: "Get on the Team": The End of Diem
Ch. 7: "I Don't Know": Explaining the War, 1964-67
Ch. 8: "Fighting in the Open": Sources and the Story, 1964-67
Ch. 9: "Buddha Will Understand": The Crisis of Confidence, 1967-68
Ch. 10: No More Bodies: Turning Away from Vietnam, 1969-75
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subjects



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