This book explains the policy of the United States and France toward Vietnam beginning after World War II until the beginning of America's entry into the Vietnam War in 1965. Summary by Craig Campbell
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Foreword and Preface
Episode 0 · 3:00
Part One The Truman Years Origins of The American Commitment to Vietnam
Episode 1 · 25:42
Part Two: The Eisenhower Years Dien Bien Phu
Episode 2 · 46:02
The Geneva Agreements and French Withdrawal
Episode 3 · 24:34
U.S. Command Problems in the Pacific: Emphasis on Southeast Asia
Episode 4 · 25:40
Strained Civil-Military Relations in South Vietnam 1957- 1960
Episode 5 · 27:20
Part Three: The Kennedy Years Initial Challenges and Actions
Episode 6 · 46:30
Opening Farm Gate
Episode 7 · 20:50
The Taylor Mission
Episode 8 · 20:32
US. Command Arrangements: 2d ADVON and MACV
Episode 9 · 29:15
Tactical Air Control, Mule Train, and Ranch Hand
Episode 10 · 40:52
Air Policy: Too Cautious?
Episode 11 · 19:19
Farm Gate and the Vietnamese Air Force
Episode 12 · 21:28
Air Operations, 1962: Interdiction, Strikes, and Reconnaissance
Episode 13 · 52:35
Ap Bac and Related Matters
Episode 14 · 50:41
Air Operations, 1963
Episode 15 · 58:24
Collapse of the Diem Government
Episode 16 · 27:20
Part Four: The Johnson Years Objectives Confirmed, Methods Expanded
Episode 17 · 38:38
The War in Vietnam, 1964
Episode 18 · 1:00:14
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Episode 19 · 28:28
Diffusion of Air Assets
Episode 20 · 46:57
End of The Advisory Phase
Episode 21 · 56:49
Appendix 1 Growth of Major United States Air Force and Vietnamese Air Force Units to February 1965
Episode 22 · 26:33
Appendix 2 Development of a Viet Cong Antiaircraft Capability 1962-1965