About The Book

A complete history of the war in Vietnam, as documentary in essays by leading experts and in original source material: Ho Chi Minh’s rise to power and his initial collaboration with OSS; the Vietnamese war against the French; the Geneva Accords; U.S. troop commitments and accompanying rationales; the Gulf of Tonkin resolution; the Tet Offensive; My Lai; the Pentagon Papers; the Paris Peace Accords; U.S. withdrawal; the effects of Agent Orange. Insightful essays by the editors introduce each major stage of the war, and readings are prefaced with helpful explanatory notes.