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Index
Acknowledgments
Preface
Abbreviations
1
The Spirit of the Land
THE FIRST LESSONS IN HISTORY
WAR, EVACUATION, AND DESTRUCTION
THE YOUTH AND THE WAR
LIFE IN UNIFORM
2
Vietnam, the Arena of Confrontation Between the East and the West
VIETNAM UNDER THE UNITED STATES’ VIEW
VIETNAM, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE JAPANESE SUDDEN ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR IN DECEMBER 1941
SECRET DEALS WITH THE COMMUNISTS OF VIETNAM
3
Aggression and Deterrence
THE VIETNAM WAR WAS BORN FROM WORLD WAR II
THE NEW WORLD ORDER AFTER WORLD WAR II
THE VIET-MINH AND THE FIRST VIETNAM WAR
THE SHADOWY “STATE OF VIETNAM”
4
The Two Vietnams
THE UNITED STATES AND THE BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU
NGO DINH DIEM AND THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAM’S AMBITIONS: “TO CONSOLIDATE THE NORTH, TO AIM FOR THE SOUTH”
5
Counter-Insurgency Strategy
COUNTER-INSURGENCY: CONCEPTS AND MEASURES
THE NEUTRALIZATION OF LAOS IN 1962
THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL
THE “ELEVEN POINT PROGRAM”
THE “BOUN ENAO PROJECT” AND THE CIDG CONCEPT
6
The Death of a President and a Democracy
THE BUDDHIST CRISIS
PLOTTING WITH THE GENERALS
THE COUP D’ÉTAT KILLING PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM AND THE FIRST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
7
The Escalation of the War
A “LIMITED WAR” OR A “DEFENSIVE WAR”?
THE UNITED STATES’ “STICK AND CARROT” POLICY
THE “MADDOX CRISIS” AND THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
A MILITARY REGIME IN CHAOS
8
The “Lunch Bunch War”
THE ROLLING THUNDER AIR CAMPAIGN
THE “MCNAMARA LINE”
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECOND REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
9
The 1968 Tet Offensive: The Turning Point
PLANNING
TESTING CAMPAIGNS
KHE SANH OR SAIGON, WHERE WAS THE COMMUNIST MAIN TARGET?
THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR
10
“Honorable Withdrawal”?
THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
THE “VIETNAMIZATION”
A CONTROVERSIAL ESCALATION OF THE WAR IN INDOCHINA
11
The RVNAF in the “Red Summer,” 1972
IN I CORPS AND REGION
IN II CORPS AND REGION
IN III CORPS AND REGION
12
“Washing Their Hands”
THE LAST WAR GAMES
THE LAST “POLITICAL SETTLEMENT” WITH A PROMISE
THE SURRENDER: PARIS “PEACE ACCORDS”
13
“Betrayal”!
GENERAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE REGION AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE OF 1973
THE COMMUNIST TESTING CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH VIETNAM
THE COMMUNIST FINAL RESOLUTION AND THE BATTLE OF BAN ME THUOT
14
The Communists’ Final Campaign
ABANDON THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
ABANDONING THE TWO NORTHERNMOST PROVINCES OF I CORPS AND REGION
THE LOSS OF I AND II CORPS AND REGIONS
15
The Bitter End of South Vietnam
A NEW DEFENSE LINE
EVACUATION PLANS
COMMUNIST POLITICAL TRAPS AND MILITARY PUNCHES
THE BITTER END
16
The Vietnam War’s Aftermath
DEFEAT AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE UNITED STATES
HOW COULD THE UNITED STATES HAVE WON THE VIETNAM WAR?
THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION OF SOCIALISM IN VIETNAM
THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST LEADERS’ AMBITIONS IN INDOCHINA; THE INVASION OF CAMBODIA AND THE WAR WITH CHINA
THE AMERICANS MISSING IN ACTION (MIAS) AND THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM
17
The Laws of God
“A Sorrowful Existence
Appendix
The Eleven-Point Program Accords, January 1962
Chapter Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Bibliography
English Language Sources
French Language Sources
Vietnamese Language Sources
List of Names and Terms
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