Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-147) and index.
Contents:
1. Causes : colonialism and containment -- The origins of Vietnam -- French colonialism -- Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese communism -- The Franco-Vietminh War -- The United States and the Franco-Vietminh War -- 2. Commitments : Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem -- The end of the Franco-Vietminh War -- The US decision to support South Vietnam -- Nation building in South Vietnam -- John F. Kennedy and counterinsurgency warfare -- 3. Credibility : Lyndon Johnson's war -- To the Gulf of Tonkin -- Americanization of the war -- American strategy -- Stalemate -- 4. Contention : antiwar protests, the Tet Offensive, and a tumultuous election -- Antiwar movement -- Tet -- Combat without compromise -- Election of 1968 -- 5. Consequences : Richard Nixon's war -- More bombs and fewer troops -- Cambodia and Kent State -- Stalemate continues -- The Paris agreement to end the war -- 6. Conclusions : peace at last and lasting legacies -- Brother enemies -- Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos after the war -- US post-war issues -- Lessons and legacies.
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