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  • Title: Allan E. Goodman papers
    Date (bulk): 1965-1975
    Collection Number: 75001
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In English, Vietnamese, and French
    Physical Description: 131 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 7 envelopes (56.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Writings, reports, correspondence, clippings, notes, interviews, and printed matter relating to the Vietnam War, the Paris peace talks of 1968-1973, elections in South Vietnam from 1967 to 1971, the South Vietnamese legislature, migration to Saigon, urbanization and political and demographic change in Southeast Asia, counterinsurgency, and Soviet-American detente.
    Creator: Goodman, Allan E., 1944-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    Users must sign a statement agreeing not to identify any persons mentioned in unpublished material in the collection (deceased U.S. citizens may be identified).
    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975 with several increments received periodically until 1996.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Allan E. Goodman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1944 Born, New York City
    1966 B.S., Northwestern University
    1967-1971 Consultant on Vietnamese Affairs, U.S. Department of State and RAND Corporation
    1968 M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
    1970-1974 Professor of Government and International Relations and Department Chairman, Clark University
    1971 Ph.D., Harvard University
    1972 Editor, Indochina in Conflict: A Political Assessment (D.C., Heath, Lexington, Massachusetts)
    1973 Author, Politics in War: The Bases of Political Community in South Vietnam
    1974-1975 National Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
    1975-1980 Office of Political Research, Central Intelligence Agency
    1978 Author, The Lost Peace: America's Search for a Negotiated Settlement of the Vietnam War
    1978 Editor, Negotiating While Fighting: Diary of Admiral C.Turner Joy at the Korean Armistice Conference
    1998-Present President, CEO & Advisor at the Institute of International Education, Inc.

    Scope and Contents Note

    Writings, reports, correspondence, clippings, notes, interviews, and printed matter relating to the Vietnam War, the Paris peace talks of 1968-1973, elections in South Vietnam from 1967 to 1971, the South Vietnamese legislature, migration to Saigon, urbanization and political and demographic change in Southeast Asia, counterinsurgency, and Soviet-American detente.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Southeast Asia -- Politics and government
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
    Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
    Vietnam -- Politics and government
    Guerrilla warfare
    Elections -- Vietnam
    Legislative bodies -- Vietnam
    Rural-urban migration -- Southeast Asia
    Rural-urban migration -- Vietnam
    Urbanization -- Southeast Asia
    Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
    United States. Department of State
    Rand Corporation