5. Dragons from the Sky

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION xi
5. PROLOGUE: 1969 1
6. 1. Why Go Back? 8
7. 2. Morning in Hanoi 16
8. 3. "I Am Not a Russian" 28
9. 4. MIAs and the Swedish Disco 36
10. 5. Dragons from the Sky 44
11. 6. The Targets of Nam Dinh 57
12. 7. Phat Diem: "Everyone Did It" 68
13. 8. Marching Off to War 76
14. 9. Talking with Generals 84
15. 10 Tan Trao—Where It All Began 101
16. 11. Diplomatic Misunderstandings 111
17. 12. Ghosts in the Zoo 120
18. 13. American Boys 130
19. 14. All Quiet at the DMZ 148
20. 15. An Argument in Hue 160
21. 16. The Girl at Marble Mountain 170
22. 17. "Number One!" 181
23. 18. The Best Weapon 187
24. 19. My Enemy, My Self 195
25. 20. The Road to Hill 10 208
26. 21. The Same Saigon 214
27. 22. Boats Along the Mekong 223
28. 23. Dancing in the Dark 234
29. 24. A My Lai Survivor and the White Viet Cong 246
30. 25. At the End of the Tunnel 256
31. EPILOGUE 266
32. ESSAY ON SOURCES 277