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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps
Foreword
Preface
PART I: THE BIRTH OF SOUTH VIETNAM, 1954–56
Prologue
Chapter 1: Saigon—Panier de Crabes
Chapter 2: Making a Start
Chapter 3: A Nation Begins to Rise
Chapter 4: A Bucket of Eels and Operation Giai Phong
Chapter 5: The Battle for Saigon
Chapter 6: Civic Action
Chapter 7: South Vietnam Stabilizes—Laos Up for Grabs
PART II: VIETNAM AT RISK, 1960–63
Prologue
Chapter 8: Return to Vietnam
Chapter 9: Starting Rural Affairs
Chapter 10: An Uneven Path
Chapter 11: The Buddhist Crisis
Chapter 12: Ambassador Lodge Intervenes
Chapter 13: Meeting President Kennedy
Chapter 14: The Overthrow of Diem
Chapter 15: The New Regime
PART III: HOPE AND FRUSTRATION, 1964–68
Prologue
Chapter 16: Events Go Wrong
Chapter 17: General Taylor Replaces Lodge
Chapter 18: The Lansdale Mission
Chapter 19: Triumph of the Bureaucrats
Chapter 20: Refusing to Give Up
Chapter 21: Change Comes Late
PART IV: THE FINAL ACT—AND THE FUTURE
Chapter 22: Humphrey Loses, Nixon Takes Over
Chapter 23: Tragic Aftermath—and Why
Chapter 24: Beyond Vietnam: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Future
Acknowledgments
Notes
Cast of Characters
Glossary
Note on Sources
Index
About the Author
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