From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Introduction: America in 1965
Prologue: Strange landing, strange war
Backstory, crucial decisions, and strategies. Vietnam's struggle against French colonialism ; The origins of America's war ; Washington: The complicated politics of escalation ; Creeping toward major war ; Hanoi goes for broke
The fighting on different fronts. Machines at war ; The big buildup and the "other war" ; The air war and the Ho Chi Minh trail ; Domestic politics and the antiwar movement ; The big fight in the central highlands
Looking back. Aftermath ; Reflections.
