America's longest war: the United States and Vietnam, 1950- 1975

1. A dead-end alley : the United States, France, and the first Indochina War, 1950-1954

2. Our offspring : nation building in South Vietnam, 1954-1961

3. Limited partnership : Kennedy and Diem, 1961-1963

4. Enough, but not too much : Johnson's decisions for war, 1963-1965

5. On the tiger's back : the United States at war, 1965-1967

6. A very near thing : the Tet offensive and after, 1968

7. A war for peace : Nixon, Kissinger, and Vietnam, 1969-1973

8. The postwar war and the legacies of Vietnam.