Foreword
Introduction
Death at Intermission Time: First U.S. Advisers Killed in South Vietnam: July 1959 p. 1
Paddy War: Guerrilla War in the Mekong Delta: December 1961 p. 3
A "Very Real War" in Vietnam - and the Deep U.S. Commitment: Increasing American Involvement: February 1962 p. 11
Master of the Red Jab: Interview with Ho Chi Minh: July 1962 p. 18
"He Was Sitting in the Center of a Column of Flame": Suicide in Saigon: June 1963 p. 29
The Fall of the House of Ngo Dinh: Overthrow of Diem: November 1963 p. 36
"They Can Win a War If Someone Shows Them How": Profile of John Paul Vann: 1962-1964 p. 50
"We Are Losing, Morale Is Bad ... If They'd Give Us Good Planes...": A Pilot's Letters Home: November 1963-March 1964 p. 66
After the Washington Teach-In: Controversy Over the War Intensifies: May 1965 p. 76
Eight Dedicated Men Marked for Death: Struggle for Loc Dien: Summer 1965 p. 84
Vietnam Blitz: A Report on the Impersonal War: American Buildup: September 1965 p. 106
Death in the Ia Drang Valley: "Men All Around Me Were Screaming": November 1965 p. 118
Teach-In on Vietnam By ... The President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of State: The Administration Defends Its Policies: February 1966 p. 133
Reconnaissance: Combat in the Central Highlands: June 1966 p. 150
Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk: Veteran Reporter Reassesses the War: October 1966 p. 169
"Unrepentant, Unyielding": An Interview with Viet Cong Prisoners: U.S. Offensive in the Iron Triangle: January 1967 p. 187
U.S. Marines Seize 3d Hill in Vietnam After 12-Day Push: Khe Sanh Hill Fights: May 1967 p. 200
from The Military Half: An Account of the Destruction in Quang Ngai and Quang Tin Southern I Corps: August 1967 p. 204
A Day in the Life: A TV Crew at Con Thien: September 1967 p. 235
from The Armies of the Night The March on the Pentagon: October 1967 p. 251
Hill 875: Battle of Dak To: November 1967 p. 267
The Truest Sport: Jousting with Sam and Charlie: Air War Over North Vietnam: December 1967 p. 270
from Tet!: The Viet Cong in Hue: January-February 1968 p. 302
from Dispatches: "Hell Sucks": Hue: February 1968 p. 314
Life in the V Ring: Khe Sanh Under Siege: February 1968 p. 327
Hanoi - March 1968: An American in North Vietnam: March-April 1968 p. 332
The U.S. Negro in Vietnam: Black Servicemen and the War: 1968 p. 349
A Small Contribution: Firefight Near Loc Ninh: October 1968 p. 362
"We Lived for a Time Like Dogs": American POWs in a Jungle Camp: July 1968-January 1969 p. 365
Our Town: The War Comes Home to Beallsville, Ohio: A Small Town Mourns Its Dead: Spring 1969 p. 386
Black Power in Viet Nam: Racial Tensions in the Military: September 1969 p. 396
A Long, Leisurely Drive Through Mekong Delta Tells Much of the War: Pacification and Vietnamization: November 1969 p. 401
The My Lai Massacre: An Atrocity Is Uncovered: November 1969 p. 413
Massacre at Takeo: Cambodia: April 1970 p. 428
from Kent State: What Happened and Why Kent, Ohio: May 1970 p. 435
The American Class System: Fairness and the Draft: 1970 p. 463
You Can't Just Hand Out Orders: An Army of Reluctant Draftees: October 1970 p. 467
from Who Was Lyndon Baines Johnson? LBJ Remembers Vietnam: 1970 p. 475
The Meo of Laos: The Hmong: February 1971 p. 495
Copters Return from Laos with the Dead: "A small dispairing scene": February 1971 p. 509
Spirit of Saigon's Army Shaken in Laos: "They all became dust": March 1971 p. 512
The Homecoming of Chris Mead: A Veteran Returns: March 1971 p. 517
Who Wants To Be the Last American Killed in Vietnam? Troop Withdrawals and Morale: August 1971 p. 522
Portrait of an Aging Despot: A Visit with General Loan: 1971 p. 540
We Have Always Survived: Life in Saigon: Spring 1972 p. 552
Report from the Inferno: The North Vietnamese Offensive: April 1972 p. 606
The South vietnamese Army: Commanders and Soldiers: July 1972 p. 613
Letter from Hanoi: "We have been fighting eleven centuries": July 1972 p. 629
from Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72: Protests at the Republican Convention, Miami: August 1972 p. 644
Who Was This Enemy?: Writings by North Vietnamese Soldiers: 1973 p. 654
War Lingers in Hamlets as Cease-Fire Hour Passes: After the Cease-Fire: January 1973 p. 666
How the POW's Fought Back: A Navy Pilot in North Vietnam: October 1967-March 1973 p. 670
Bomb Error Leaves Havoc in Neak Luong: War in Cambodia: August 1973 p. 700
"I watched them saw him 3 days": A Khmer Rouge Execution: July 1974 p. 704
A Flight Into Hell: The Fall of Danang: March 1975 p. 706
For Those Who Flee, Life Is "Hell on Earth": Refugees at Cam Ranh Bay: April 1975 p. 710
The Fall of Phnom Penh: Cambodia: April-May 1975 p. 713
"Running Again - the Last Retreat": Refugees on "the street without joy": April 1975 p. 736
We Clawed for Our Lives!: A Reporter Flees Saigon: April 1975 p. 740
Diary of S. Viet's Last Hours: The Evacuation Ends: April 1975 p. 746
Tenderness, Hatred and Grief Mark Saigon's Last Days: "Vietnam's black fate": May 1975 p. 755
Maps p. 761
Chronology, 1940-1995 p. 765
Biographical Notes p. 794
Note on the Texts p. 808
Notes p. 813
Glossary of Military Terms p. 829
Index p. 835