The President and the People-Strategic PSYOP in Early Phases of Vietnam War

Abstract

The withdrawal by President Johnson from the Presidential race of 1968 represented a strategic psychological victory is examined by assessing the nature of the psychological threat posed to the American people in the early phases of the Vietnam War (1964-1965). It is developed that the Presidency was probably the only agency capable of countering the psychological threat which existed in 1964-1965. The public papers and speeches of President Johnson are examined for that period to assess his understanding of the threat and his explanation of the developing Vietnam War to the American people.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 14, 1971
Accession Number
AD0772625

Entities

People

  • Edward A. Jr Kelley

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Asia
  • Civil War
  • Governments
  • National Politics
  • New York
  • North Vietnam
  • Psychological Operations
  • Resistance
  • Revolutions
  • South Vietnam
  • Southeast Asia
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.