Authors: Randall B. Woods
      Â
unpacified villages in, types of,
252
      Â
US abandonment of,
6
,
434
      Â
US embassy attacked in,
282â283
      Â
US military installations attacked in,
210
      Â
on the verge of collapse,
210
      Â
Viet Minh returning to,
125
,
144
      Â
withdrawal of US military from,
309â310
,
326
,
422
,
423
      Â
See also specific people, organizations, activities/events, and issues involving South Vietnam
South Vietnamese Airborne,
430
South Vietnamese Air Force,
161
,
285
South Vietnamese Army.
See
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
South Vietnamese Marine,
424â425
Souvanna Phouma (Prince),
218
,
219
,
223
,
226
,
229
,
230
,
236
,
239
,
241
,
245
Soviet and East European Division,
275
,
277â278
,
355â356
Soviet Union,
24
,
28
,
66
,
72
,
75
,
80
,
94
,
105
,
107
,
116
,
199
,
205
,
278
,
340
,
355
,
366
,
367
,
370
,
381
,
448
,
458â459
,
467
      Â
and the Berlin Blockade,
74
,
79
      Â
and the Spanish Civil War,
25
,
26
      Â
annexation of the Baltic states,
90
,
92
      Â
détente with,
376
,
379
,
389
,
414
,
442
,
465
,
466
,
468
      Â
economic and political action in Italy and,
98â99
,
100
      Â
human rights and,
468
      Â
Hungarian uprising against,
111â112
,
113
      Â
Laos and,
220
,
223
,
225â226
      Â
mail-intercept program involving,
340
,
357
,
360
,
402
      Â
and the missile gap,
334
,
335
      Â
non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany,
26
,
33
      Â
North Vietnam and,
423
,
428
,
431
      Â
openings to,
308
,
370
,
376
,
414
      Â
possible invasion of Scandinavia by, CIA preparations for,
86
,
88â94
      Â
Project Azorian and,
383â389
,
402
      Â
proxies for,
472
      Â
SALT and,
335
,
376
,
379
,
467
,
469
,
470
,
471
      Â
spies during WWII,
107â108
      Â
Truman's dealings with,
71
,
73
      Â
Vietnam and,
421
,
423
      Â
Yom Kippur War and,
382
,
383
      Â
See also specific people, organizations, activities/events, and issues pertaining to the Soviet Union
Spanish American War,
9
,
13
,
70
,
152
Special Actions Group,
426â427
,
429â430
,
431
Special Branch,
270
,
287
,
288
,
314
,
328
Special Forces Division (US Army).
See
US Special Forces
Special Forces Headquarters (WWII),
61
,
62
Special Group,
176
Special Guerilla Units (SGUs),
231
,
233
Special Investigation Group,
276
Special Operations Branch (SO),
33
Special Operations Executive (SOE),
32
,
34
,
37
,
42
,
46
Special Operations Group (SOG),
341â342
Special Projects Staff,
384
Special Warfare Center,
143
Spellman, Francis Cardinal,
128
Spock, Benjamin,
271
Sputnik
,
335
Spy satellites,
177
,
333
,
468
,
470
St. George, Andrew,
349â350
St. Petersburg Imperial Guards,
54
Stalin, Joseph,
24
,
33
,
75
,
79
,
82
,
96
,
110
,
114
,
196
Stimson, Henry,
31
Stokes, Alice,
2
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT),
335
,
376
,
379
,
455
,
467
,
468
,
469
,
470
,
471
Strategic Hamlet Program,
167â168
,
169
,
181
,
189
,
197
,
230
,
237
,
292
Struggle for the World, The
(Burnham),
114
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),
342
Studies and Observation Group (MACVSOG),
180
,
241â243
,
245
Suez crisis,
112
Sukarno (Kusno Sosrodihardjo),
127
,
176
,
214
,
215
,
216
,
217
,
410
,
438
Sullivan, William,
226
,
227
,
235
,
236
,
238
,
239
,
241
Summa Corporation,
384â385
,
387
,
388
Summers, Lawrence,
344
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF),
33â34
,
40â41
,
49
,
53
,
55
,
61
,
63
Sveaborg organization,
92
Sweden,
56
,
59
,
86
,
88
,
89â90
,
91
,
92â94
Symington, Stuart,
365
,
393
,
399
,
414
Szulc, Tad,
470
Taiwan Strait crises,
127
Talbott, Strobe,
395
Tan Son Nhut Air Base,
122
,
139
,
146
,
147
,
148
,
190
,
269
,
283
,
285
,
428
,
430
,
431
,
432
Tay Son Rebellion,
133
Taylor, Maxwell,
144
,
158
,
173
,
185
,
190
,
191
,
204â205
,
257
,
320
Taylor, William,
303
Team Atlas,
148
Team Bruce,
39
,
41
,
42â46
,
47â48
,
48â51
,
125
Team Castor,
147â148
Team Dido,
148
Team Echo,
148
Team Tarzan,
148
Temko, Stan,
27
,
28
,
64
,
280
,
443
,
475
Tet Offensive,
283â284
,
290
,
293
,
295
,
299
,
317
,
320
,
326
,
434
Thailand,
126
,
127
,
203
,
218
,
219
,
221
,
226
,
231
,
232
,
235
,
240
,
465
Thang, Nguyen Duc,
249â250
,
286
,
295â296
Thien, Do Van,
148â149
Thieu, Nguyen Van,
139
,
194
,
210
,
249
,
250
,
252
,
258
,
259
,
260
,
267
,
269
,
283
,
286
,
294
,
295
,
300
,
307
,
308
,
309
,
296
,
314
,
298
,
317
,
299
,
318
,
319
,
320
,
321
,
323
,
327
,
328
,
329
,
410
,
422
,
424
,
425
,
429
,
433
      Â
coup plots against,
427
,
428
,
430
      Â
resignation of,
431
Thimmesch, Nick,
413
30 September Movement,
216
Tho, Le Duc,
422
Tho, Nguyen Ngoc,
186
Tho, Pauline Nguyen Van,
168
Thompson, Robert,
152
,
153
,
154
,
157
,
167
303 Committee,
144
,
147
,
160
,
173
,
174
,
176
,
215
,
220
,
238
,
240
,
288
,
336
,
337
,
443
      Â
See also
40 Committee
Thuan, Nguyen Dinh,
131
Times of Vietnam
,
188
Tito, Josef Broz,
96
Togliatti, Palmiro,
96
,
108
,
109
,
111
Tom Dooley phenomenon,
155
Tomic Romero, Radomiro,
336
Toth, Janos,
430
Tovar, Bernardo Hugh,
215
,
216
,
217
Track I initiative,
367
,
393
,
394
,
397
Track II initiative,
337
,
338
,
367
,
392â393
,
394
,
397
,
398
,
437
,
453