Vietnam : A Reader Book

	Map of Vietnam	ii
	Introduction	viii
	Foreword	xiii
Part 1	Committed
	Setting the Stage	3
	Dien Bien Phu Reconsidered	19
	Lost in Laos	35
	U.S. Complicity	49
	Shedding New Light on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident	55
	First to Escape	67
Part 2	Escalation
	The War's "Constructive Component"	85
	It Became Sinful: A Reporter's Story	97
	Ambush at Albany	113
	Rolling Thunder	127
	Operation Bright Light	133
	Re-Examining the Effects of Agent Orange	143
	On Patrol with the Kiwi Infantry	157
	Airlifters to the Rescue	171
	Desperate Hours During Tet Inside Macv Headquarters	185
	Viet Cong Assault on the U.S. Embassy	197
	Storming the Citadel	215
	Turning Point of the War	229
	Missile Ambushes: Soviet Air Defense Aid	243
Part 3	The Road to Disengagement
	Massacre at My Lai a first person account of the investigation	259
	A Newsman Goes to War	273
	Operation Menu's Secret Bombing of Cambodia	287
	Keep 'Em Flying	299
	Battle of the Bulge vs. Eastertide Offensive: Lessons Unlearned	313
	Trapped in Saigon	325
	Tragic Postlude to "Peace"	341
Part 4	Forgetting and Remembering
	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder	357
	Never Forgotten: Accounting for American MIAs	367
	Names on the Wall	379
	Her Parents' Legacy	393
	A Trip to Vietnam	401
	Vietnam War Web Sites	408