Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

45

Description:

Biographical information; long involvement with and extensive work on Vietnam; first duties in Saigon; captured documents; geographical regionalism in Vietnam; infiltration; armed struggle and political struggle; impressions of Diem; the intelligence community; Thieu and Ky; self-immolation; the Tet Offensive; the Phoenix program

Contributor:

Pike, Douglas

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Douglas Pike

Subject:

Vietnam; Tet Offensive, 1968

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details

Interviewee:

Douglas Pike

Interviewer(s):

Ted Gittinger

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-piked-19810604-1-86-62

Date:

1981-06-04

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-piked-19810604-1-86-62