The Tragedy of Vietnam

The Tragedy of Vietnam- Front Cover
The Tragedy of Vietnam
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Acronyms
Map of Southeast Asia
Chapter 1: The French Indochina Empire
	The Emergence of Vietnam
	The Establishment of French Rule
	The Roots of Nationalism and Communism
	The Rise of the Vietminh
	Document 1-1 Jules Ferry on Colonialism and the
Preservation of Capitalism
	Document 1-2 Appeal on the Founding of the
Indochinese Communist Party, February 18, 1930
	Document 1-3 Declaration of Independence of the
DRV, September 2, 1945
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 2: The Dream of a Pax Americana
	Blueprints for a New World Order
	The First Indochina War
	The Crisis of World Capitalism
	The Bao Dai Regime
	Document 2-1 State Department Policy Statement
on Indochina Prepared on September 27, 1948
	Document 2-2 Problem Paper Prepared by a Working
Group in the State Department on February 1, 1950
	Document 2-3 Paper on Indochina Prepared in the State
Department on March 27, 1952
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 3: America’s Mandarin
	The Road to Dien Bien Phu
	The Geneva Peace Settlement
	The Birth of a Client State
	The Revolt in the Rice Fields
	Document 3-1 The Final Declaration on Indochina of the
Geneva Conference Promulgated on July 21, 1954
	Document 3-2 Report on the Covert Operations Conducted
by the Saigon Military Mission in 1954 and 1955
	Document 3-3 John Foster Dulles, Report on Meeting
with Chiefs of American Missions, March 2, 1955
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 4: The Summons of the Trumpet
	The Global Domino Theory
	The Second Indochina War
	The Growth of the Vietcong
	The Plot to Topple Diem
	Document 4-1 State Department Cable to Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., in Saigon on August 24, 1963
	Document 4-2 Ambassador Lodge Cable to the State
Department on October 5, 1963
	Document 4-3 National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy
Cable to Ambassador Lodge on October 30, 1963
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 5: The Master of Deceit
	Political Disorder in South Vietnam
	The Gulf of Tonkin Affair
	The Rhetoric of Restraint
	The Decision to Bomb North Vietnam
	Document 5-1 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
August 7, 1964
	Document 5-2 Discussion on When to Begin Bombing
North Vietnam, September 9, 1964
	Document 5-3 Memorandum from McGeorge Bundy to
President Lyndon B. Johnson, February 7, 1965
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 6: The Escalating Military Stalemate
	The Dispatch of American Ground Troops
	The Protracted War of Attrition
	The American Antiwar Movement
	The Tet Offensive
	Document 6-1 Memorandum on Combat Troops in
South Vietnam, July 1, 1965
	Document 6-2 Notes for a Memorandum on Increasing
American Troops in Vietnam, July 20, 1965
	Document 6-3 Notes from Lyndon B. Johnson’s
Meeting with Advisory Group, March 26, 1968
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 7: Withdrawal Without Victory
	The Madman Theory
	The Vietnamization Policy
	The Paris Peace Treaty
	The Fall of Saigon
	Document 7-1 Richard Nixon, Address on the War in
Vietnam, November 3, 1969
	Document 7-2 Statement on Vietnam Peace Treaty
Negotiations, October 26, 1972
	Document 7-3 Richard Nixon, Letter to Prime Minister
Pham Van Dong, February 1, 1973
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Chapter 8: The War that Nobody Won
	The Ugly Aftermath of War
	The Failure of Communism in Vietnam
	The Vietnamese Turn Toward Capitalism
	The Road to Reconciliation
	Document 8-1 Report on POW/MIAs, January 13, 1993
	Document 8-2 Free Trade Agreement, July 13, 2000
	Document 8-3 Condoleezza Rice, Remarks at Asia-Pacific
Economic Summit, November 18, 2006
	Chronological List of Main Events
	Study Questions
Selected Bibliography
	Documents
	General Works
	Origins to 1941
	1942–1954
	1955–1963
	1964–1968
	1969–1975
	The Postwar Era
Index