
The Vietnam War A History in Documents
by Young, Marilyn B.; Fitzgerald, John J.; Grunfeld, A. Tom-
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Summary
Table of Contents
What is a Document? | p. 6 |
How to Read a Document | p. 8 |
A Little History, by Way of Introduction | p. 11 |
The First Indochina War | p. 25 |
Vietnam Approaches America | p. 29 |
America Responds | p. 31 |
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy | p. 41 |
A Temporary Peace | p. 44 |
Eisenhower's Vietnam | p. 48 |
Kennedy's War | p. 58 |
America's War | p. 67 |
The War Expands | p. 73 |
The Public Debate | p. 80 |
Picture Essay: Selling Patriotism | p. 89 |
Going to War | p. 97 |
Soldiers at War | p. 97 |
Other Voices | p. 105 |
The Condition of the Army | p. 113 |
A People Divided | p. 117 |
The African-American Community | p. 117 |
Opposition within the Military | p. 124 |
Nixon's War | p. 129 |
My Lai | p. 131 |
The Nixon Doctrine | p. 136 |
Bombing Hanoi to the Bargaining Table | p. 143 |
After the War | p. 147 |
Looking Back | p. 149 |
Legacies | p. 160 |
Timeline | p. 162 |
Glossary | p. 164 |
Further Reading and Web Sites | p. 165 |
Text Credits | p. 167 |
Picture Credits | p. 169 |
Index | p. 170 |
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