Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- List of Sources
- List of Abbreviations and Symbols
- List of Persons
- Part 1
- Policy of the United States with respect to Indochina, 1952: U.S. assistance to French Union forces; military, economic, and diplomatic support for the Associated States of Indochina
- Policy of the United States with respect to Indochina, 1953: Declining French military fortunes; the Viet Minh invasion of Laos; accelerated U.S. aid for Indochina
- Prelude to the Geneva Conference, January–April 1954: Continued deterioration of the French military position; the seige of Dien Bien Phu; the question of United States intervention; the search for united action
- Part 2
- Policy of the United States with respect to the situation in Indochina during the period of the Geneva Conference, April–July 1954: U.S. concern regarding the military ascendancy of the Viet Minh; planning for the post-Geneva period
- Policy of the United States in the aftermath of the Geneva Conference, July–December 1954: The increased role of the United States in South Vietnam; measures taken in support of the Diem government; the beginnings of American aid programs in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
- Index