Preface.
Abbreviations.
1. The French Indochina Empire.
The Emergence of Vietnam.
The Establishment of French Rule.
The Roots of Nationalism and Communism.
The Rise of the Vietminh.
2. The Dream of a Pax Americana.
Blueprints for a New World Order.
The First Indochina War.
The Crisis of World Capitalism.
The Bao Dai Regime.
3. America's Mandarin.
The Road to Dien Bien Phu.
The Geneva Peace Settlement.
The Birth of a Client State.
The Revolt in the Rice Fields.
4. The Summons of the Trumpet.
The Global Domino Theory.
The Second Indochina War.
The Growth of the Vietcong.
The Plot to Topple Diem.
5. The Master of Deceit.
Political Disorder in South Vietnam.
The Gulf of Tonkin Affair.
The Rhetoric of Restraint.
The Decision to Bomb North Vietnam.
6. The Escalating Military Stalemate.
The Dispatch of American Ground Troops.
The Protracted War of Attrition.
The American Antiwar Movement.
The Tet Offensive.
7. Withdrawal Without Victory.
The Madman Theory.
The Vietnamization Policy.
The Paris Peace Treaty.
The Fall of Saigon.
8. The War That Nobody Won.
The Ugly Aftermath of War.
The Failure of Communism in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Turn toward Capitalism.
The Road to Reconciliation.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
