This detailed two-volume set considers the Vietnam War, one of America's longest and bloodiest wars, from a topical perspective, addressing the main characters and key events of the war and supplying many relevant primary source documents.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Reference Entries and Documents.
Frontispiece.
Preface.
Introduction.
First Indochina War and a Divided Vietnam.
1: August Revolution.
2: Castor, Operation.
3: Cogny, René.
4: De Castries, Christian Marie.
5: Dien Bien Phu, Battle of.
6: Elysée Agreement.
7: Fontainebleau Conference.
8: French Foreign Legion in Indochina.
9: French Indochina, 1860s–1946.
10: Geneva Conference and Geneva Accords of 1954.
11: Groupement Mobile 100, Destruction of.
12: Ho Chi Minh.
13: Lattre De Tassigny, Jean De.
14: Lorraine, Operation.
15: Mendès-France, Pierre.
16: Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Vietnam.
17: Na San, Battle of.
18: Navarre, Henri Eugène.
19: United States, Involvement In Indochina Through 1954.
20: Viet Minh.
21: Vo Nguyen Giap.
22: Documents.
23: Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, September 2, 1945.
24: Ho Chi Minh: Letter to President Harry S. Truman, October 17, 1945.
25: Ho Chi Minh: Declaration of the Policy of the Provisional Coalition Government, January 1, 1946.
26: Preliminary Franco–Viet Minh Convention, March 6, 1946 [Excerpts].
27: Ho Chi Minh: Letter to Compatriots in Nam Bo, May 31, 1946.
28: Ho Chi Minh: Reply at Luncheon Given by French Premier Georges Bidault, July 2, 1946.
29: Ho Chi Minh: Proclamation to the People upon His Return from France after Negotiations, October 23, 1946.
30: National Security Council Paper No. 64, 1950.
31: Paper on Military Aid for Indochina by a Working Group in the Department of State, February 1, 1950 [Excerpts].
32: President Harry S. Truman: Statement Announcing Direct U.S. Military Aid to Indochina, June 27, 1950.
33: Ho Chi Minh: Report to the National Assembly, December 1, 1953 [Excerpts].
34: Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, July 21, 1954.
