Psychological War in Vietnam
Governmentality at The United States Information Agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Whyte (0000-0002-2230-0157, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 661-689 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2017.1342623 |
| OpenAlex | W2734611727 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The United States Information Agency (USIA) has received little sustained scrutiny from critical military geographers, despite the major role it played in waging the Cold War. This article outlines the USIA’s role in waging psychological war in support of the US mission in Vietnam, notably its establishment in 1965 of the Joint United States Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO). Through an analysis of USIA operations, this article argues that psychological war can be understood as a governmental strategy to exert power over the people and territory of Vietnam. Through an examination of problems related to evaluating and conducting research for psychological war, this article questions the extent to which the United States succeeded in establishing this power, concluding that the effects of psychological war in Vietnam were, at best, inconclusive, and offer little evidence to support contemporary strategies to ‘win hearts and minds’
Governmentality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Vietnam War · Historical Studies of British Isles · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |