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| Foreword | |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| The First Indochina War, 1945-1954 | |
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| Origins of the Revolution | |
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| The Impact of World War II | |
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| America's Response | |
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| The Expansion of the Cold War | |
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| The Deepening Commitment | |
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| The Elephant and the Tiger | |
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| America's Dilemma | |
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| Eisenhower Takes Charge | |
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| The Battle of Dien Bien Phu | |
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| Washington's Response | |
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| The Geneva Settlement: The Emergence of Two Vietnams | |
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| The Emergence of South Vietnam, 1954-1961 | |
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| The Rise of Ngo Dinh Diem | |
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| The United States and Ngo Dinh Diem | |
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| The Consolidation of Diem's Rule | |
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| Progress in South Vietnam | |
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| Mounting Discontent | |
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| Hanoi's Quest for Unification | |
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| A New War | |
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| The New Frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 | |
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| JFK and the World | |
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| Challenge in Southeast Asia | |
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| Seeming Progress in South Vietnam | |
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| The New Advisory War | |
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| The Battle of Ap Bac | |
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| The Illusion of Victory | |
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| The Challenge to Diem | |
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| Reassessment in Washington | |
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| The Fall of Diem | |
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| Reactions to the Coup | |
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| The Transformation of the War, 1963-1965 | |
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| LBJ Settles In | |
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| Deterioration in South Vietnam | |
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| The View from Hanoi | |
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| The View from Washington | |
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| The Gulf of Tonkin Incident | |
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| The Campaign of 1964 | |
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| America Steps Forward | |
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| War Moves and Peace Moves | |
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| The Forty-Four Battalion Request | |
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| The President's Decision | |
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| The Generals Take Over | |
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| Battle of the Ia Drang Valley | |
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| The Stalemated War, 1965-1967 | |
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| Preparing for a Long War | |
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| Signs of Discontent | |
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| Westmoreland's War | |
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| Strategy of Attrition | |
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| America's Enemy | |
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| A War without a Front | |
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| Confusion and Disillusionment | |
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| Seeking a Steady Course | |
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| Search and Destroy | |
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| Hopes for Victory | |
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| Prospects for 1967 | |
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| Doubts and Divisions | |
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| The Order of Battle Controversy | |
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| Illusions of Victory | |
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| Tet and Beyond, 1968 | |
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| Origins of the Tet Offensive | |
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| The Siege of Khe Sanh | |
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| The Shock of Tet | |
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| The U.S. Military's Response | |
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| Reassessment in Washington | |
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| The War at Home | |
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| The Bloodiest Year | |
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| Washington's Calculations | |
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| The Fall Campaign | |
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| Nixon's War, 1969-1970 | |
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| The New Administration Takes Hold | |
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| The Vietnam Dilemma | |
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| No Quick Exit | |
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| The Allure of Vietnamization | |
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| Threats and Maneuvers | |
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| One War | |
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| The Enemy Regroups | |
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| The Cambodian Incursion | |
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| A Changing War | |
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| Hau Nghia Province | |
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| The Endless War | |
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| From Lam Son 719 to the Paris Peace Accords, 1971-1973 | |
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| Lam Son 719 | |
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| Pressure to End the War | |
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| The View from Saigon | |
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| Hanoi's Calculations | |
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| Nixon's Maneuvers | |
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| The Easter Offensive | |
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| Nixon's Response | |
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| After the Battle | |
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| Politics and Diplomacy | |
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| The Election of 1972 | |
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| Peace at Last | |
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| The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 | |
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| Nixon Turns Inward | |
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| War without End | |
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| Hanoi Prepares for War | |
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| Crisis in South Vietnam | |
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| Washington's Response | |
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| The Great Spring Offensive | |
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| The Fall of Saigon | |
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| Vietnamese Perspectives | |
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| American Perspectives | |
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| Guide to Acronyms | |
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| Table: Comparative Military Casualty Figures | |
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| Bibliographical Essay | |
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| Index | |
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| Maps | |
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| Indochina, 1908-1954 | |
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| Southeast Asia, 1954 | |
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| The Battle of Dien Bien Phu | |
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| North and South Vietnam, 1954 | |
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| Provinces and Provincial Capitals | |
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| The Ho Chi Minh Trail | |
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| The Tet Offensive | |
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| Cross-Border Operations | |
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| Lam Son 719 | |
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| The Easter Offensive | |
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| The Great Spring Offensive | |