Vietnam: The Advisory Years to 1965
Robert Futrell
24 chapters · 13 h 26 min · English
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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
Chapters
1 Foreword and Preface 3 min 2 Part One The Truman Years Origins of The American Commitment to Vietnam 26 min 3 Part Two: The Eisenhower Years Dien Bien Phu 46 min 4 The Geneva Agreements and French Withdrawal 25 min 5 U.S. Command Problems in the Pacific: Emphasis on Southeast Asia 26 min 6 Strained Civil-Military Relations in South Vietnam 1957- 1960 27 min 7 Part Three: The Kennedy Years Initial Challenges and Actions 46 min 8 Opening Farm Gate 21 min 9 The Taylor Mission 21 min 10 US. Command Arrangements: 2d ADVON and MACV 29 min 11 Tactical Air Control, Mule Train, and Ranch Hand 41 min 12 Air Policy: Too Cautious? 19 min 13 Farm Gate and the Vietnamese Air Force 21 min 14 Air Operations, 1962: Interdiction, Strikes, and Reconnaissance 53 min 15 Ap Bac and Related Matters 51 min 16 Air Operations, 1963 58 min 17 Collapse of the Diem Government 27 min 18 Part Four: The Johnson Years Objectives Confirmed, Methods Expanded 39 min 19 The War in Vietnam, 1964 1 h 20 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 28 min 21 Diffusion of Air Assets 47 min 22 End of The Advisory Phase 57 min 23 Appendix 1 Growth of Major United States Air Force and Vietnamese Air Force Units to February 1965 27 min 24 Appendix 2 Development of a Viet Cong Antiaircraft Capability 1962-1965 9 min
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