Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Chronological Perspectives
7. 1. Setting the Stage 93
8. 2. “Dealing with a Government of Madmen” 120
9. 3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961–1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement 143
10. 4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam 168
11. 5. Turning Point 191
12. 6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War 217
13. Part II. Topical Perspectives
14. 7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War 247
15. 8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965–1973 262
16. 9. Fighting for Family 297
17. 10. Vietnamese Society at War 317
18. 11. “Hey, Hey, LBJ!” 333
19. 12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War 357
20. Part III. Postwar Perspectives
21. 13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War 385
22. 14. The Vietnam Syndrome 409
23. Contributors 431
24. Index 437