Patrick J. Hearden is the distinguished professor of diplomatic history emeritus at Purdue University. He has written extensively on American foreign policy, but he considers The Tragedy of Vietnam to be his greatest achievement in insight and synthesis on the subject. Hearden earned a Ph.D. degree in American History from the University of Wisconsin--Madison. He has written several books on American Foreign Relations including Roosevelt Confronts Hitler:America's Entry into World War II and Architects of Globalism: Building a New World Order during World War II. He has also edited Vietnam: Four American Perspectives. During his long and distinguished career, Hearden has specialized in teaching courses on American Foreign Affairs. His course on American in Vietnam was ranked as one of the ten most popular courses taught at Purdue University.
Preface | p. x |
Acronyms | p. xiii |
Map of Southeast Asia | p. xiv |
The French Indochina Empire | p. 1 |
The Emergence of Vietnam | p. 1 |
The Establishment of French Rule | p. 4 |
The Roots of Nationalism and Communism | p. 8 |
The Rise of the Vietminh | p. 12 |
Document 1-1 Jules Ferry on Colonialism and the Preservation of Capitalism | p. 17 |
Document 1-2 Appeal on the Founding of the Indochinese Communist Party, February 18, 1930 | p. 18 |
Document 1-3 Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, September 2, 1945 | p. 19 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 21 |
Study Questions | p. 21 |
The Dream of a Pax Americana | p. 22 |
Blueprints for a New World Order | p. 22 |
The First Indochina War | p. 26 |
The Crisis of World Capitalism | p. 30 |
The Bao Dai Regime | p. 35 |
Document 2-1 State Department Policy Statement on Indochina prepared on September 27, 1948 | p. 39 |
Document 2-2 Problem Paper prepared by a Working Group in the State Department on February 1, 1950 | p. 41 |
Document 2-3 Paper on Indochina prepared in the State Department on March 27, 1952 | p. 44 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 47 |
Study Questions | p. 47 |
America's Mandarin | p. 48 |
The Road to Dien Bien Phu | p. 48 |
The Geneva Peace Settlement | p. 52 |
The Birth of a Client State | p. 55 |
The Revolt in the Rice Fields | p. 60 |
Document 3-1 The Final Declaration on Indochina of the Geneva Conference Promulgated on July 21, 1954 | p. 65 |
Document 3-2 Report on the Covert Operations Conducted by the Saigon Military Mission in 1954 and 1955 | p. 66 |
Document 3-3 John Foster Dulles, Report on Meeting with Chiefs of American Missions, March 2, 1955 | p. 69 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 71 |
Study Questions | p. 71 |
The Summons of the Trumpet | p. 72 |
The Global Domino Theory | p. 72 |
The Second Indochina War | p. 75 |
The Growth of the Vietcong | p. 79 |
The Plot to Topple Diem | p. 84 |
Document 4-1 State Department Cable to Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., in Saigon on August 24, 1963 | p. 89 |
Document 4-2 Ambassador Lodge Cable to the State Department on Octobers, 1963 | p. 90 |
Document 4-3 National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy Cable to Ambassador Lodge on October 30, 1963 | p. 91 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 92 |
Study Questions | p. 92 |
The Master of Deceit | p. 93 |
Political Disorder in South Vietnam | p. 93 |
The Gulf of Tonkin Affair | p. 98 |
The Rhetoric of Restraint | p. 101 |
The Decision to Bomb North Vietnam | p. 106 |
Document 5-1 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 7, 1964 | p. 112 |
Document 5-2 Discussion on When to Begin Bombing North Vietnam, September8, 1964 | p. 113 |
Document 5-3 Memorandum from McGeorge Bundy to President Lyndon Johnson, February 7, 1965 | p. 114 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 118 |
Study Questions | p. 118 |
The Escalating Military Stalemate | p. 119 |
The Dispatch of American Ground Troops | p. 119 |
The Protracted War of Attrition | p. 124 |
The American Antiwar Movement | p. 129 |
The Tet Offensive | p. 133 |
Document 6-1 Memorandum on Combat Troops in South Vietnam, July 1, 1965 | p. 138 |
Document 6-2 Notes for a Memorandum on Increasing American Troops in Vietnam, July 20, 1965 | p. 139 |
Document 6-3 Notes from Lyndon Johnson's Meeting with Advisory Group, March 26, 1968 | p. 142 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 144 |
Study Questions | p. 144 |
Withdrawal Without Victory | p. 145 |
The Madman Theory | p. 145 |
The Vietnamization Policy | p. 148 |
The Paris Peace Treaty | p. 152 |
The Fall of Saigon | p. 157 |
Document 7-1 Richard Nixon, Address on the War in Vietnam, November 3, 1969 | p. 162 |
Document 7-2 Statement on Vietnam Peace Treaty Negotiations, October 26, 1972 | p. 164 |
Document 7-3 Richard Nixon, Letter to Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, February 1, 1973 | p. 167 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 168 |
Study Questions | p. 168 |
The War That Nobody Won | p. 169 |
The Ugly Aftermath of War | p. 169 |
The Failure of Communism in Vietnam | p. 171 |
The Vietnamese Turn Toward Capitalism | p. 174 |
The Road to Reconciliation | p. 176 |
Document 8-1 Report on POW/MIAs, January 13, 1993 | p. 181 |
Document 8-2 Free Trade Agreement, July 13, 2000 | p. 184 |
Document 8-3 Condoleezza Rice, Remarks at Asia-Pacific Economic Summit, November 18, 2006 | p. 186 |
Chronological List of Main Events | p. 188 |
Study Questions | p. 188 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 189 |
Credits | p. 195 |
Index | p. 196 |
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