America's longest war : the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: A Dead-End Alley: The United States, France, and the First Indochina War, 1950–1954 Chapter 2: Our Offspring: Nation Building in South Vietnam, 1954–1961 Chapter 3: Limited Partnership: Kennedy and Diem, 1961–1963 Chapter 4: Enough, but Not Too Much: Johnson’s Decisions for War, 1963–1965 Chapter 5: On the Tiger’s Back: The United States at War, 1965–1967 Chapter 6: A Very Near Thing: The Tet Offensive and After, 1968 Chapter 7: A War for Peace: Nixon, Kissinger, and Vietnam, 1969–1973 Chapter 8: The Postwar War and the Legacies of Vietnam Pronunciation Guide Suggestions for Additional Reading INDEX FRENCH INDOCHINA SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1954 THE BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE HO CHI MINH TRAIL THE PATTERN OF THE TET ATTACKS THE CAMBODIAN “INCURSIONS,” MAY–JUNE 1970 THE EASTER OFFENSIVE, APRIL–MAY 1972 THE HO CHI MINH CAMPAIGN: NORTH VIETNAM’S FINAL OFFENSIVE, 1975