Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Marolda, Edward J.

Description

1. 100 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm

Summary

1. "Covers the Navy intelligence establishment's support to the war effort in Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1975. It describes the contribution of naval intelligence to key strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of the war including the involvement of intelligence in the seminal Tonkin Gulf Crisis of 1964 and the Rolling Thunder and Linebacker bombing campaigns; the monitoring of Sino-Soviet bloc military assistance to Hanoi; the operation of the Seventh Fleet's reconnaissance aircraft; the enemy's use of the "neutral" Cambodian port of Sihanoukville; and the support to U.S. Navy riverine operations during the Tet Offensive and the SEALORDS campaign in South Vietnam. Special features elaborate on the experiences of reconnaissance plane pilots navigating the dangerous skies of Indochina; intelligence professionals who braved enemy attacks at shore bases in South Vietnam; the perilous mission in Laos of Observation Squadron 67 (VO-67); the secret voyage of nuclear attack submarine Sculpin (SSN-590); and the leadership and heroism of Captain Earl F. Rectanus, Lieutenant Commander Jack Graf, and other naval intelligence professionals who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives in the service of their country during the war"--

Series statement

1. The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War

Uniform title

1. U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War.

Alternative title

1. Naval intelligence in Southeast Asia

Subject

1. United States
2. United States > Navy
3. Military operations, Naval > American
4. 1961-1975
5. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Military intelligence > United States
6. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
7. Military intelligence
8. United States > Navy > History > Vietnam War, 1961-1975
9. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Naval operations, American
10. History

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Interpretation of the threat to Southeast Asia -- The question of seaborne infiltration -- Intelligence gathering in Laos -- Collecting intelligence on the enemy's doorstep -- Intelligence support during the Tonkin Gulf Incidents -- Preparations for war in Southeast Asia -- Navy tactical reconnaissance -- A helping hand to Hanoi : Sino-Soviet Bloc military assistance -- The defense of North Vietnam -- The post-1968 air war in North Vietnam and Laos -- Intelligence and the war on the coast -- Cambodia's open door : Sihanoukville -- The naval war in South Vietnam -- Naval intelligence and the fight for South Vietnam -- NILOs in action -- Intelligence in the Linebacker Campaign -- Conclusion -- Sidebars. A Recce pilot in harm's way -- In a MIG's sight -- The short, dangerous life of the Ghost Squadron -- CT duty at "Rocket City" -- Sculpin and the sinking of an infiltrating trawler -- Zumwalt's eyes and ears -- Jack Graf : a naval intelligence hero.

Call number

1. JFF 17-2256

Note

1. "Published by Naval History & Heritage Command in partnership with the Naval Historical Foundation"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (page 100).

Author

1. Mobley, Richard A., 1952- author.

Title

1. Knowing the enemy : naval intelligence in Southeast Asia / Richard A. Mobley and Edward J. Marolda.

Publisher

1. Washington, DC : Department of the Navy, [2015]

Edition

1. U.S. government official edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War
2. U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (page 100).

Connect to:

1. http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo66132
2. http://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/publication-508-pdf/KnowingtheEnemy_508.pdf

Chronological term

1. 1961-1975

Added author

1. Marolda, Edward J., author.

Other form:

1. Online version: Mobley, Richard A., 1952- Knowing the enemy (OCoLC)944899331

LCCN

1. 2015044625

ISBN

1. 9780945274780 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2. 0945274785

Gpo item no.

1. 0415-D-04

Sudoc no.

1. D 221.2:V 67/6

Research call number

1. JFF 17-2256