How we lost the Vietnam War

CONTENTS......Page 7
1 A QUESTION OF HONOR: "I'm sorry, the answer is 'No'"......Page 9
2 INTO BATTLE: The reason why......Page 13
3 AIRBORNE: I work with Colby of the CIA......Page 25
4 DIEM: The CIA backs our coup......Page 33
5 1964: The year of the seven coups......Page 47
6 YOUNG TURKS: The road to power......Page 61
7 PRIME MINISTER: My three days with Johnson......Page 73
8 THE BUDDHISTS: Confrontation at Danang......Page 89
9 CORRUPTION: The PX millionaires......Page 103
10 AID: Knots in the strings......Page 119
11 TRAINING AN ARMY: A question of advise and consent......Page 127
12 HEARTS AND MINDS: How the battle was lost......Page 137
13 LIMITED WAR: America's fatal fiaws......Page 145
14 TET: The breaking of America's morale......Page 157
15 THE PRESIDENT: One reason why Nixon won......Page 167
16 VIETNAMIZATION: What's in a name?......Page 173
17 PARIS: When the killing had to stop......Page 185
18 ALONE: The promise Nixon could not keep......Page 195
19 GRAHAM MARTIN: Formula for a double cross......Page 205
20 SAIGON: The final agony......Page 221
INDEX......Page 235