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- Bundy , William P. 1967 . ‘The Path to Vietnam’ . Department of State Bulletin , 4 Sept : 10
- Taylor , Maxwell D. 1972 . Swords and Plowshares , 221 New York : W.W. Norton .
- Manchester , William . 1974 . The Glory and the Dream: Vol. II , 1126 Boston, MA : Little, Brown .
- Johnson , Major General Max . ’Fight or Give Up in Asia? Advice the Generals Are Giving’ . US News and World Report , 43 (emphasis added)
- Cohen , Warren . 1980 . Dean Rusk , 180 New York : Cooper Square Publishers .
- Spector , Ronald . 1985 . Advice and Support , 277 New York : The Free Press .
- Lewy , Guenter . 1973 . America in Vietnam , 23 New York : Oxford University Press .
- 1961 . New York Times , 12 Oct.
- Komer , Robert . 1986 . Bureaucracy at War: U.S. Performance in the Vietnam Conflict , 86 Boulder, CO : Westview Press .
- Krepinevich , Andrew . 1986 . The Army and Vietnam , 61 Baltimore, MD : The John Hopkins University Press .
- Rust , William J. 1985 . Kennedy in Vietnam , 45 New York : Da Capo Press .
- Gelb , Leslie and Betts , Richard . 1979 . The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked , 75 Washington : The Brookings Institute .
- 1961 . ‘If GIs Go To Vietnam ‐ The Way It Looks Out Here’ . US. News and World Report , 6 Nov. : 40
- ‘Lessons From Vietnam’ . Swords and Plowshares , 6 draft
- MDT . 4 Nov. 1961 . Letter to Ambassador Gore 4 Nov. , Box 44
- JFK, NSF . July 18 1961 . Memorandum of Conversation July 18 , Tuesday
- JFK, NSF . July 19 1961 . Memorandum for the President July 19 , Box 231
- JFK, NSF . 27 Oct. 1961 . Memorandum for General Taylor, Subject: Defensibility of Southeast Asia and the United States Commitments 27 Oct. ,
- JFK, NSF . Taylor‐Rostow Report , 1
- Taylor , Maxwell D. 1960 . The Uncertain Trumpet , 154 Harper : New York .
- JFK, NSF . 14 Nov. 1961 . Memorandum for Rostow, Subject: The Draft National Security Action Memorandum for South Vietnam 14 Nov. , Box 195, Doc. #10.