Roger Hilsman Jr. (November 23, 1919 – February 23, 2014) was an American soldier, government official, political scientist, and author. He saw action...

Hilsman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hoyt Hilsman, American author, journalist, and political figure Roger_Hilsman (1919–2014)...

to the American Embassy in Saigon, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roger Hilsman says that at some point, were the US to require "political liquidation"...

Foundation and Parson's Nose Theater. Hoyt Hilsman was raised in Washington, D.C., where his father, Roger Hilsman, served as Assistant Secretary of State...

Harriman's assessment of Phoumi as a weak leader. Harriman together with Roger Hilsman called for a show of force to prove that the United States was unwilling...

sent Roger Hilsman, then director of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, to assess the situation in Vietnam. There, Hilsman met...

sent Roger Hilsman, then director of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, to assess the situation in Vietnam. There Hilsman met...

and wanted them far away from Vietnam. Assistant Secretary of State Roger Hilsman had written in August that "under no circumstances should the Ngô brothers...

like the Undersecretary of State George Ball, W. Avrell Harriman and Roger Hilsman argued for deposing Diem. Much to Kennedy's annoyance, Rusk maintained...

take the brothers out of the country. Assistant Secretary of State Roger Hilsman recommended that if the generals decide to exile Diệm, he should also...

Battalion 82nd Infantry, and PC Battalion of Davao commanded by Lt Col Roger B. Hilsman. As with other units in the Philippine Army, the force was only partially...

three weeks after the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem. Kennedy adviser Roger Hilsman stated that "The Kennedy administration had developed a concept for...

leaving an estimated death toll in the hundreds. Forrestal, Harriman and Hilsman were prominent among the State Department officials who felt that Diem...

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what Alsop had revealed. In a message to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Roger Hilsman urged that a coup against Diem be encouraged to take place promptly...

military instructor 1Lieutenant John R. Richardson. Lieutenant Colonel Roger Hilsman Sr., took over the command in November 1941 but he was replaced by Lieutenant...

Harry Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Philippe Devillers, David Halberstam, Roger Hilsman, Jean Lacouture, Kenneth P. Landon, Thruston B. Morton, Paul Mus, Charlton...

troops to learn Russian and Chinese. Swadesh served in Burma, where Lt. Roger Hilsman described his linguistic skills as extraordinary. Swadesh learned enough...

condemned the cable as an "egregious end run" by an anti-Diem faction. Roger Hilsman rebutted Taylor by asserting that Kennedy and representatives of departments...

after inflicting heavy casualties.: 203–65  State Department officer Roger Hilsman, who had counterinsurgency experience in World War II, said after a...

Professor and director of the Cambridge Centre of International Studies Roger Hilsman – aide to John F. Kennedy, Columbia University professor, and prolific...

constabularies under overall command of sector commander Lieutenant Colonel Roger Hilsman after few skirmishes they were overran and dispersed due to lack of...

S. for their coup against Ngo Dinh Diem. State Department official Roger Hilsman originated a cable giving the South Vietnamese generals the green light...

Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (b. 1903) 2014 – Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919) 2015 – James Aldridge...

and Major Dwight Deter. They took motor transport provided by Colonel Roger Hilsman the commander of the island and boarded a small ferry crossing Tañon...

1950s, Sir Robert Thompson — a British counter-insurgency expert and Roger Hilsman — a former American guerilla in Burma and the director of intelligence...

Mindanao and VMF sent Colonel Roger Hilsman to command on February 8, 1942. Due to his failing help General Chynoweth ordered Hilsman to Cebu to become his Chief...

control of northwestern Laos from the Royal Lao Army.: 67–73  2 February Roger Hilsman, a U.S. State Department official with World War II experience in guerrilla...

Roger Hilsman, then director of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), to assess the situation in Vietnam. There, Hilsman met...