Lien-Hang T. Nguyen holds the Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University. She is the author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace (2012), which won prizes from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society for Military History. She is the co-founder of Vietnamese Studies at Columbia and serves on the Board of Trustees of Fulbright University Vietnam. Edward Miller is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, and Chair of the Department of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam (2013) and The Vietnam War: A Documentary Reader (2015). He is the founding director of the Dartmouth Vietnam Project, a student-driven oral history program which documents the memories and experiences of members of the Dartmouth community who lived through the Vietnam War era. Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at Clare College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in the history of US foreign relations, he is the author or editor of nine books, including American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012). In 2020–21, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Pierre Asselin holds the Dwight E. Stanford Chair in US Foreign Relations History at San Diego State University. He is the author of A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement (2002), Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954–1965 (2002), and Vietnam's American War (2018), now in its second edition.

'The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War stands as a landmark scholarly achievement, a product of deep research, rigorous analysis, and ambitious editorial vision. Spanning the war's origins, its escalation to global prominence, and its complex aftermath, the set offers a comprehensive and richly textured account that will shape Vietnam War scholarship for years to come. While its density may challenge nonspecialist readers, its rewards- in terms of insight and depth - are immense. Whether for historians or graduate students, these volumes represent an indispensable resource for understanding one of the most consequential conflicts of the twentieth century.' Jean-Michel Turcotte, H-War

• Volume I: Introduction. Points of departure: the global and local origins of the Vietnam War; Part I. Empires and Nations: 1. Memory, tradition, and the history of 'Vietnam'; 2. The origins of the Vietnamese revolution; 3. Hồ Chí Minh and the rise of the Vietnamese Communist Party; 4. Indochina during World War II; 5. The august revolution of 1945; Part II. The First Indochina War: 6. The birth of the democratic republic of Vietnam; 7. Empire and decolonization in France and Indochina; 8. China, the Soviet Union, and the first Indochina War; 9. The first Indochina War in the Central Highlands; 10. The first Indochina War in Northern Vietnam and the red river delta; 11. The battle of Điện Biện Phủ; Part III. The Two Vietnams: 12. The Geneva Conference of 1954; 13. Eisenhower and Vietnam; 14. Ngô Đình Diệm and the birth of the Republic of Vietnam; 15. Nation building in South Vietnam after Geneva; 16. Building socialism in North Vietnam after Geneva; 17. North Vietnam's road to war; 18. Laos between two wars; 19. The origins of the insurgency in South Vietnam; 20. Kennedy and Vietnam; 21. The crises of 1963; Volume II: Introduction; Part I. Battlefields: 1. Reconsidering American strategy in Vietnam; 2. The air wars in Vietnam; 3. US combat soldiers in Vietnam; 4. American women and the Vietnam War; 5. The conundrum of Pacification; 6. The US military presence in South Vietnam; 7. The ARVN experience; 8. The National Liberation Front; 9. The people's army of Vietnam; 10. Vietnamese women and the war; 11. Vietnam's ethnic minorities at war; 12. The war in numbers; 13. The Tet Offensive; Part II. Homefronts: 14. Dominoes abroad and at home; 15. LBJ, the great society, and Vietnam; 16. Politics in South Vietnam, 1963–68; 17. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1963–68; 18. The antiwar movement in the United States; 19. Vietnam and American race relations; 20. Prowar sentiment in the United States; 21. The US news media and Vietnam; 22. The South Vietnamese Homefront; 23. The North Vietnamese Homefront; Part III. Global Vietnam: 24. International radicalism and antiwar protest; 25. The Vietnam war and the Sino-Soviet Split; 26. Western Europe and the Vietnam war; 27. International peace initiatives; 28. Japan and the Vietnam war; 29. The economics of the Vietnam War; 30. The Global 1968; Volume III: Introduction; Part I. The Late Vietnam War: 1. Nixon's war; 2. US military strategy in the Nixon Era; 3. The US congress and the war; 4. US antiwar sentiment and international relationships in the late Vietnam war; 5. Saigon war politics, 1968–1975; 6. Hanoi's politburo at war, 1969–1975; 7. The Vietnam war and the regional context; 8. Moscow, Beijing, and Détente; 9. The easter offensive and the second air war; 10. The Second Civil War, 1973–75; 11. Cambodia at war; 12. Laos at war; Part II. The Postwar Era: 13. Vietnam after 'Liberation'; 14. The third world and the Communist Triumph in Vietnam; 15. The Third Indochina War; 16. Vietnam in the reform era; 17. Postwar US-Vietnam relations; 18. Refugees and US-Vietnam relations; 19. The US POW Experience, American Veterans, and the war; Part III. Legacies: 20. The Vietnam War and International Law; 21. The environmental impact of war; 22. The Vietnamese diaspora; 23. How Vietnam remembers the war; 24. The Vietnam war in American culture; 25. The Spectre of Vietnam; 26. Vietnam's search for its place in the world.

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen holds the Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University. She is the author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace (2012), which won prizes from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society for Military History. She is the co-founder of Vietnamese Studies at Columbia and serves on the Board of Trustees of Fulbright University Vietnam. Edward Miller is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, and Chair of the Department of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam (2013) and The Vietnam War: A Documentary Reader (2015). He is the founding director of the Dartmouth Vietnam Project, a student-driven oral history program which documents the memories and experiences of members of the Dartmouth community who lived through the Vietnam War era. Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at Clare College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in the history of US foreign relations, he is the author or editor of nine books, including American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012). In 2020–21, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Pierre Asselin holds the Dwight E. Stanford Chair in US Foreign Relations History at San Diego State University. He is the author of A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement (2002), Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954–1965 (2002), and Vietnam's American War (2018), now in its second edition.

'The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War stands as a landmark scholarly achievement, a product of deep research, rigorous analysis, and ambitious editorial vision. Spanning the war's origins, its escalation to global prominence, and its complex aftermath, the set offers a comprehensive and richly textured account that will shape Vietnam War scholarship for years to come. While its density may challenge nonspecialist readers, its rewards- in terms of insight and depth - are immense. Whether for historians or graduate students, these volumes represent an indispensable resource for understanding one of the most consequential conflicts of the twentieth century.' Jean-Michel Turcotte, H-War

• Volume I: Introduction. Points of departure: the global and local origins of the Vietnam War; Part I. Empires and Nations: 1. Memory, tradition, and the history of 'Vietnam'; 2. The origins of the Vietnamese revolution; 3. Hồ Chí Minh and the rise of the Vietnamese Communist Party; 4. Indochina during World War II; 5. The august revolution of 1945; Part II. The First Indochina War: 6. The birth of the democratic republic of Vietnam; 7. Empire and decolonization in France and Indochina; 8. China, the Soviet Union, and the first Indochina War; 9. The first Indochina War in the Central Highlands; 10. The first Indochina War in Northern Vietnam and the red river delta; 11. The battle of Điện Biện Phủ; Part III. The Two Vietnams: 12. The Geneva Conference of 1954; 13. Eisenhower and Vietnam; 14. Ngô Đình Diệm and the birth of the Republic of Vietnam; 15. Nation building in South Vietnam after Geneva; 16. Building socialism in North Vietnam after Geneva; 17. North Vietnam's road to war; 18. Laos between two wars; 19. The origins of the insurgency in South Vietnam; 20. Kennedy and Vietnam; 21. The crises of 1963; Volume II: Introduction; Part I. Battlefields: 1. Reconsidering American strategy in Vietnam; 2. The air wars in Vietnam; 3. US combat soldiers in Vietnam; 4. American women and the Vietnam War; 5. The conundrum of Pacification; 6. The US military presence in South Vietnam; 7. The ARVN experience; 8. The National Liberation Front; 9. The people's army of Vietnam; 10. Vietnamese women and the war; 11. Vietnam's ethnic minorities at war; 12. The war in numbers; 13. The Tet Offensive; Part II. Homefronts: 14. Dominoes abroad and at home; 15. LBJ, the great society, and Vietnam; 16. Politics in South Vietnam, 1963–68; 17. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1963–68; 18. The antiwar movement in the United States; 19. Vietnam and American race relations; 20. Prowar sentiment in the United States; 21. The US news media and Vietnam; 22. The South Vietnamese Homefront; 23. The North Vietnamese Homefront; Part III. Global Vietnam: 24. International radicalism and antiwar protest; 25. The Vietnam war and the Sino-Soviet Split; 26. Western Europe and the Vietnam war; 27. International peace initiatives; 28. Japan and the Vietnam war; 29. The economics of the Vietnam War; 30. The Global 1968; Volume III: Introduction; Part I. The Late Vietnam War: 1. Nixon's war; 2. US military strategy in the Nixon Era; 3. The US congress and the war; 4. US antiwar sentiment and international relationships in the late Vietnam war; 5. Saigon war politics, 1968–1975; 6. Hanoi's politburo at war, 1969–1975; 7. The Vietnam war and the regional context; 8. Moscow, Beijing, and Détente; 9. The easter offensive and the second air war; 10. The Second Civil War, 1973–75; 11. Cambodia at war; 12. Laos at war; Part II. The Postwar Era: 13. Vietnam after 'Liberation'; 14. The third world and the Communist Triumph in Vietnam; 15. The Third Indochina War; 16. Vietnam in the reform era; 17. Postwar US-Vietnam relations; 18. Refugees and US-Vietnam relations; 19. The US POW Experience, American Veterans, and the war; Part III. Legacies: 20. The Vietnam War and International Law; 21. The environmental impact of war; 22. The Vietnamese diaspora; 23. How Vietnam remembers the war; 24. The Vietnam war in American culture; 25. The Spectre of Vietnam; 26. Vietnam's search for its place in the world.

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen holds the Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University. She is the author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace (2012), which won prizes from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society for Military History. She is the co-founder of Vietnamese Studies at Columbia and serves on the Board of Trustees of Fulbright University Vietnam. Edward Miller is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, and Chair of the Department of Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam (2013) and The Vietnam War: A Documentary Reader (2015). He is the founding director of the Dartmouth Vietnam Project, a student-driven oral history program which documents the memories and experiences of members of the Dartmouth community who lived through the Vietnam War era. Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at Clare College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in the history of US foreign relations, he is the author or editor of nine books, including American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012). In 2020–21, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Pierre Asselin holds the Dwight E. Stanford Chair in US Foreign Relations History at San Diego State University. He is the author of A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement (2002), Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954–1965 (2002), and Vietnam's American War (2018), now in its second edition.

'The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War stands as a landmark scholarly achievement, a product of deep research, rigorous analysis, and ambitious editorial vision. Spanning the war's origins, its escalation to global prominence, and its complex aftermath, the set offers a comprehensive and richly textured account that will shape Vietnam War scholarship for years to come. While its density may challenge nonspecialist readers, its rewards- in terms of insight and depth - are immense. Whether for historians or graduate students, these volumes represent an indispensable resource for understanding one of the most consequential conflicts of the twentieth century.' Jean-Michel Turcotte, H-War

• Volume I: Introduction. Points of departure: the global and local origins of the Vietnam War; Part I. Empires and Nations: 1. Memory, tradition, and the history of 'Vietnam'; 2. The origins of the Vietnamese revolution; 3. Hồ Chí Minh and the rise of the Vietnamese Communist Party; 4. Indochina during World War II; 5. The august revolution of 1945; Part II. The First Indochina War: 6. The birth of the democratic republic of Vietnam; 7. Empire and decolonization in France and Indochina; 8. China, the Soviet Union, and the first Indochina War; 9. The first Indochina War in the Central Highlands; 10. The first Indochina War in Northern Vietnam and the red river delta; 11. The battle of Điện Biện Phủ; Part III. The Two Vietnams: 12. The Geneva Conference of 1954; 13. Eisenhower and Vietnam; 14. Ngô Đình Diệm and the birth of the Republic of Vietnam; 15. Nation building in South Vietnam after Geneva; 16. Building socialism in North Vietnam after Geneva; 17. North Vietnam's road to war; 18. Laos between two wars; 19. The origins of the insurgency in South Vietnam; 20. Kennedy and Vietnam; 21. The crises of 1963; Volume II: Introduction; Part I. Battlefields: 1. Reconsidering American strategy in Vietnam; 2. The air wars in Vietnam; 3. US combat soldiers in Vietnam; 4. American women and the Vietnam War; 5. The conundrum of Pacification; 6. The US military presence in South Vietnam; 7. The ARVN experience; 8. The National Liberation Front; 9. The people's army of Vietnam; 10. Vietnamese women and the war; 11. Vietnam's ethnic minorities at war; 12. The war in numbers; 13. The Tet Offensive; Part II. Homefronts: 14. Dominoes abroad and at home; 15. LBJ, the great society, and Vietnam; 16. Politics in South Vietnam, 1963–68; 17. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1963–68; 18. The antiwar movement in the United States; 19. Vietnam and American race relations; 20. Prowar sentiment in the United States; 21. The US news media and Vietnam; 22. The South Vietnamese Homefront; 23. The North Vietnamese Homefront; Part III. Global Vietnam: 24. International radicalism and antiwar protest; 25. The Vietnam war and the Sino-Soviet Split; 26. Western Europe and the Vietnam war; 27. International peace initiatives; 28. Japan and the Vietnam war; 29. The economics of the Vietnam War; 30. The Global 1968; Volume III: Introduction; Part I. The Late Vietnam War: 1. Nixon's war; 2. US military strategy in the Nixon Era; 3. The US congress and the war; 4. US antiwar sentiment and international relationships in the late Vietnam war; 5. Saigon war politics, 1968–1975; 6. Hanoi's politburo at war, 1969–1975; 7. The Vietnam war and the regional context; 8. Moscow, Beijing, and Détente; 9. The easter offensive and the second air war; 10. The Second Civil War, 1973–75; 11. Cambodia at war; 12. Laos at war; Part II. The Postwar Era: 13. Vietnam after 'Liberation'; 14. The third world and the Communist Triumph in Vietnam; 15. The Third Indochina War; 16. Vietnam in the reform era; 17. Postwar US-Vietnam relations; 18. Refugees and US-Vietnam relations; 19. The US POW Experience, American Veterans, and the war; Part III. Legacies: 20. The Vietnam War and International Law; 21. The environmental impact of war; 22. The Vietnamese diaspora; 23. How Vietnam remembers the war; 24. The Vietnam war in American culture; 25. The Spectre of Vietnam; 26. Vietnam's search for its place in the world.