Prologue: A Vietnamese In Paris -- PART ONE LIBERATIONS, 1940--1945 -- 1 "The Empire Is with Us!" -- 2 The Anti-Imperialist -- 3 Crossroads -- 4 "All Men Are Created Equal" -- PART TWO COLONIAL STRUGGLE, 1946--1949 -- 5 The Warrior Monk -- 6 The Spark -- 7 War Without Fronts -- 8 "If I Accepted These Terms I'd Be a Coward" -- PART THREE EAST MEETS WEST, 1949--1953 -- 9 "The Center of the Cold War" -- 10 Attack on the RC4 -- 11 King Jean -- 12 The Quiet Englishman -- 13 The Turning Point That Didn't Turn -- 14 Eisenhower in Charge -- 15 Navarre's American Plan -- PART FOUR THE CAULDRON, 1953--1954 -- 16 Arena of the Gods -- 17 "We Have the Impression They Are Going to Attack Tonight" -- 18 "Vietnam Is a Part of the World" -- 19 America Wants In -- 20 Dulles Versus Eden -- 21 Valley of Tears -- PART FIVE PEACE OF A KIND, 1954 -- 22 With Friends Like These -- 23 "We Must Go Fast" -- 24 "I Have Seen Destiny Bend to That Will" -- PART SIX SEIZING THE TORCH, 1954--1959 -- 25 "We Have No Other Choice but to Win Here" -- 26 Miracle Man -- 27 Things Fall Apart -- Epilogue: Different Dreams, Same Footsteps -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Photo Credits -- Index.
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