Embers of war: the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam.

by Fredrik Logevall.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PROLOGUE: A VIETNAMESE IN PARIS

PART ONE LIBERATIONS, 19401945

1. "The Empire Is with Us!"

2. The Anti-Imperialist

3. Crossroads

4. "All Men Are Created Equal"

PART TWO COLONIAL STRUGGLE, 19461949

5. The Warrior Monk

6. The Spark

7. War Without Fronts

8. "If I Accepted These Terms I'd Be a Coward"

PART THREE EAST MEETS WEST, 19491953

9. "The Center of the Cold War"

10. Attack on the RC4

11. King Jean

12. The Quiet Englishman

13. The Turning Point That Didn't Turn

14. Eisenhower in Charge

15. Navarre's American Plan

PART FOUR THE CAULDRON, 19531954

16. Arena of the Gods

17. "We Have the Impression They Are Going to Attack Tonight"

18. "Vietnam Is a Part of the World"

19. America Wants In

20. Dulles Versus Eden

21. Valley of Tears

PART FIVE PEACE OF A KIND, 1954

22. With Friends Like These

23. "We Must Go Fast"

24. "I Have Seen Destiny Bend to That Will"

PART SIX SEIZING THE TORCH, 19541959

25. "We Have No Other Choice but to Win Here"

26. Miracle Man

27. Things Fall Apart

EPILOGUE: DIFFERENT DREAMS, SAME FOOTSTEPS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

FURTHER READING

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