Larry H. Addington is Professor Emeritus of History at The Citadel. He has been a guest lecturer at the Naval War College, the Marine Command and Staff College, and at various Army schools. He is author of The Blitzkrieg Era, The Patterns of War Through the Eighteenth Century, and The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century.

• List of MapsAcknowledgmentsSome Abbreviations Used in the Text1. The Geography and History of Vietnam to World War Two2. The Career of Ho Chi Minh to 19393. World War Two and America's Collaboration with Ho4. America and the Indochina War, 1946-19545. Eisenhower and the Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-606. Kennedy's War: Counter-Insurgency and the Fall of Diem, 1961-19637. Johnson's War I: To the Brink, 19648. Johnson's War II: The Year of the Plunge, 19659. Johnson's War III: Moving Toward Defeat, 1966-196710. Johnson's War IV: The Turning Year, 196811. Nixon's War I: The Strategy of Withdrawal, 1969-197012. Nixon's War II: The Final Round, 1971-197213. The Paris Peace Accords and the Fall of Indochina, 1973-197514. Aftermath and Summing UpSelected BibliographyIndex

Larry H. Addington is Professor Emeritus of History at The Citadel. He has been a guest lecturer at the Naval War College, the Marine Command and Staff College, and at various Army schools. He is author of The Blitzkrieg Era, The Patterns of War Through the Eighteenth Century, and The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century.

• List of MapsAcknowledgmentsSome Abbreviations Used in the Text1. The Geography and History of Vietnam to World War Two2. The Career of Ho Chi Minh to 19393. World War Two and America's Collaboration with Ho4. America and the Indochina War, 1946-19545. Eisenhower and the Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-606. Kennedy's War: Counter-Insurgency and the Fall of Diem, 1961-19637. Johnson's War I: To the Brink, 19648. Johnson's War II: The Year of the Plunge, 19659. Johnson's War III: Moving Toward Defeat, 1966-196710. Johnson's War IV: The Turning Year, 196811. Nixon's War I: The Strategy of Withdrawal, 1969-197012. Nixon's War II: The Final Round, 1971-197213. The Paris Peace Accords and the Fall of Indochina, 1973-197514. Aftermath and Summing UpSelected BibliographyIndex