239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents
1. A Question of Honor: "I'm sorry, the answer is 'No'" -- 2. Into Battle: The reason why -- 3. Airborne: I work with Colby of the CIA -- 4. Diem: The CIA backs our coup -- 5. 1964: The year of the seven coups -- 6. Young Turks: The road to power -- 7. Prime Minister: My three days with Johnson -- 8. The Buddhists: Confrontation at Danang -- 9. Corruption: The PX millionaires -- 10. Aid: Knots in the strings -- 11. Training an Army: A question of advice and consent -- 12. Hearts and Minds: How the battle was lost -- 13. Limited War: America's fatal flaws -- 14. Tet: The breaking of America's morale -- 15. The President: One reason why Nixon won -- 16. Vietnamization: What's in a name? -- 17. Paris: When the killing had to stop -- 18. Alone: The promise Nixon could not keep -- 19. Graham Martin: Formula for a double cross -- 20. Saigon: The final agony
Notes
Includes index
Originally published: Twenty years and twenty days : New York : Stein and Day, 1976
