Scope and Contents

The section of this series that deals with the US economy contains material on the direct and indirect costs of the war, appropriations debates, DRV materials on Marxist interpretations of the war. The section on the US Mission deals with the activities of JUSPAO, USIS, AID, MAC-V and other non-governmental organizations in Vietnam. Includes biographical sketches of major officials. This section examines the costs of the war on the U.S. economy from its effects on the s stockmarket to the debates in Congress on appropriations for the war. The second part of the section provides information (some biographical) on U.S. personnel in Vietnam. Topics include the operation of the U.S. Embassy, JUSPAO, USIS, AID, USOM, MACV, MAAG and some non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Vietnam.

Biographical / Historical

Professor Pike was born in 1925. He served as a journalist in the Army during World War II (in the Pacific Theater of Operations) and during the Korean Conflict. He earned degrees from the University of California-Berkeley and American University. He served as an FSO in Taiwan, Korea, Lebanon, and Vietnam. In 1982 he began teaching at UC-Berkeley and in 1997 moved Texas Tech University. Professor Pike housed and supported the Collection until 1982 when he moved it to Berkeley. It remained there until 1992 when Berkeley considered discontinuing its support for the Indo-China Studies Project. After being approached by Professor Pike, Dr. James Reckner, Director of the Vietnam Center at Tech, and Dr. David Murrah, Assistant Director of Libraries for the Special Collections, worked together to bring the Collection to the Archive in 1994.