Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, A Reader's Guide to The Vietnamese War, 1. The Vietnamese War: Introduction, 2. Postlude, 3. Prelude, 4. Revolution, 5. Resistance, 6. Six Years of Peace: 1954-59, 7. The Tiger Wakes, 8. Forged by the Hammer of the Party, 9. Creating an Armed Strike Force: Military Expansion, 1961-63, 10. Going for Broke, 11. Year of the Big Change: 1965, 12. Winning Hearts and Minds, 13. Stalemate, 14. Tet: the Untold Story of the “General Offensive and General Uprising”, 15. Tragic Farewell, 16. Holding On, 17. Civil War, 18. The Final Chapter, Notes, Appendix A: The Human Cost, Appendix B: Reflections, Bibliography, Index

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David Elliott