Recommendations for readings and books on American Psychological warfare programs in the Vietnam War?

by kenmatt12

Hello, as the title says I am looking for books, even chapters in books, and any other material covering the American Psychological warfare program in the Vietnam war. Any sources are much appreciated, thanks!

Gorrest-Fump

Not especially scholarly, but you might want to look at the work of Herb Friedman on psyops in the Vietnam War - various linked articles here:

http://www.psywarrior.com/links.html

Also a documentary on Operation Wandering Soul, featuring Herb Friedman here:

http://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm055-ghost-tape-number-ten

(See also: https://pcf45.com/sealords/cuadai/wanderingsoul.html)

(Also, not directly related to psyops, but a fascinating take on belief in the supernatural that underpinned Operation Wandering Soul is Heonik Kwon's Ghosts of War in Vietnam)

See also:

  • Nicholas J. Cull's The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945–1989 (2008) has some interesting material on psychological warfare in Vietnam

  • Robert W. Chandler, War of Ideas: The US Propaganda Campaign in Vietnam (1981)

  • James O. Whittaker, "Psychological Warfare in Vietnam," Political Psychology, 18 (1997): 165-179

  • Lydia M. Fish, "General Edward G. Lansdale and the Folksongs of Americans in the Vietnam War," The Journal of American Folklore 102 (1989): 390-411 has some material on psyops