Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960 (Paperback)Government Printing Office, 1983 - 391 pages |
Contents
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The Chinese Occupation of North Vietnam August October 1945 | 51 |
The Franco Viet Minh War | 75 |
Heading Into a Very Bad Mess Origins of Military Aid | 77 |
Establishing a Military Assistance Program | 105 |
The Question of Intervention | 191 |
Going It Alone | 217 |
Political Considerations Are Overriding The Decision on Training | 219 |
The Collins Mission | 231 |
Picking Up the Pieces 1955 1956 | 255 |
Building a Vietnamese Army 1956 1959 | 275 |
Roots of a New War 1957 1959 | 303 |
Things Fall Apart July 1959 June 1960 | 329 |
Defeats in Tonkin Deliberations in Washington | 123 |
The de Lattre Interlude 1950 1951 | 135 |
Looking for a Way Out January 1952 February 1953 | 149 |
The Road to Dien Bien Phu | 167 |
Something Extra and Special | 349 |
Assessment | 375 |
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