@article{867125,
      note = {Date range of documents: 1950-1954.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/867125},
      title = {The U.S. civilian advisory effort in Vietnam U.S.  Operations Mission, 1950-1954. [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,},
      abstract = {The United States decision to provide military assistance  to France and the Associated States of Indochina was  reached informally in February/March 1950, funded by the  President on May 1, 1950, and was announced on May 8, 1950.  The decision was taken in spite of the U.S. desire to avoid  direct involvement in a colonial war, and in spite of a  sensing that France's political-military situation in  Indochina was deteriorating. This collection consists of  unique records of U.S. agencies established to intervene in  Vietnam-the country U.S. foreign policy deemed a lynchpin  in the free world's fight against communism. The Subject  Files from the Office of the Director, U.S. Operations  Missions, document the myriad concerns and rationales that  went into the control and direction of U.S. economic and  technical assistance programs, as well as the coordination  of mutual security activities, with respect to Vietnam.},
      recid = {867125},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :},
      year = {2011},
}