Table of Contents

* Introduction * The Rise of the Revolutionary Movement (19001930) * Out of the Ashes (19301941) * Prelude to Revolt (19411945) * The Days of August (AugustSeptember 1945) * The Uneasy Peace (September 1945December 1946) * The Franco-Vietminh War (19471954) * Peace and Division (19541961) * The Dialectics of Escalation (19611965) * War of Attrition (19651968) * Fighting and Negotiating (19681973) * The Final Drama (19731975) * Prospect and Retrospect

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1996

About the Author

William J. Duiker is Liberal Arts Professor of East Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University. A former foreign service officer with the Department of State, he is the author of several books on the Vietnam War.