The Greene Papers
Subtitle: General Wallace M. Greene Jr. and the Escalation of the Vietnam War January 1964 - March 1965
By: edited with an introduction by Nicholas J. Schlosser
Contributors: Schlosser, Nicholas J., editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: United States Government Printing Office
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780991158898
Subjects: United States; Generals; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps; Officers; Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664; Campaigns; Sources; Biography; Personal narratives; Military campaigns; Armed Forces
Other titles: General Wallace M. Greene Jr. and the escalation of the Vietnam War January 1964 - March 1965
Description: General Wallace M. Greene Jr. was the 23d Commandant of the Marine Corps, serving from 1964 to 1967, a period in which American involvement in Vietnam increased dramatically.  The Greene Papers: General Wallace M. Greene Jr. and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, January 1964-March 1965 contains more than 100 documents from the papers of General Greene and is the first edited volume of personal papers to be published by the Marine Corps History Division as a monograph.  Produced by a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Greene's notes provide readers with a firsthand account from one of the main participants in the decision-making process that led to the commitment of a large-scale American expeditionary force in Southeast Asia. Because of President Lyndon B. Johnson's reticence to regularly consult the Joint Chiefs on military matters, however, the notes also give readers a second point of view: that of a frustrated advisor kept on the outside and forced to look in, observe, and reflect on major military decisions often made without his input or support. Also apparent are the tensions between Greene and President Johnson's aggressive and domineering Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara.-- Book jacket.

Contains primary source documents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: January-early March 1964; title: Late March 1964; title: April 1964; title: May 1964; title: June 1964; title: July 1964; title: August 1964; title: September 1964; title: October 1964; title: 31 October-2 November 1964: The Bien Hoa attack; title: November 1964; title: December 1964; title: January-February 1965; title: 1-3 March 1965: preparations for the landing at Da Nang.