Vietnam: A History - The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War (A Companion to the PBS Television Series)

xv, 768 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; The War Nobody Won; Piety and Power; The Heritage of Vietnamese Nationalism; The War with the French; The Light That Failed; America's Mandarin; Vietnam Is the Place; The End of Diem; The Commitments Deepen; Disorder and Decision; LBJ Goes to War; Escalation; Debate, Diplomacy, Doubt; Tet; Nixon's War; The Peace That Never Was; Chronology; Cast of Principal Characters; Notes on Sources; Acknowledgments; Photo Credits; Index.