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Intervention: how America became involved in Vietnam

George McTurnan Kahin

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Frontmatter
Preface (page ix)
I The Beginnings of American Intervention (page 3)
II To the Brink of War in Support of France (page 34)
III The Establishment of a Separate Southern State (page 66)
IV Diem arid the Rise of the NLF (page 93)
V The Decline of Diem's Regime (page 122)
VI The Overthrow of Diem (page 146)
VII "The Pentagon's Coup" (page 182)
VIII The Rise and Decline of General Khanh (page 203)
IX Escalation and Political Viability (page 236)
X Bombing the North Will Save the South (page 260)
XI The Decision for Sustained Bombing (page 286)
XII The Call for U.S. Ground Forces (page 306)
XIII Constraints on U.S. Policy (page 332)
XIV The Decision on Major U.S. Ground Forces: Phase I (page 347)
XV The Decision on Major U.S. Ground Forces: Phase II (page 366)
XVI The Final Polarization (page 403)
Notes (page 433)
Index (page 539)

Reviews
Journal Abbreviation	Label	URL
JAS	46.4 (Nov. 1987): 944-945	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28198711%2946%3A4%3C944%3AIHABII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q
PA	60.3 (Autumn 1987): 473-481	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X%28198723%2960%3A3%3C473%3ATMAUO%22%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
JAH	74.2 (Sep. 1987): 563-564	http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28198709%2974%3A2%3C563%3AIHABII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X

Citable Link

Published: c1986

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

ISBN(s)

9780394543673 (hardcover)

Subject

American: 1900-present