Lien-Hang T. Nguyen holds the Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University. She is the author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace (2012), which won prizes from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society for Military History. She is the co-founder of Vietnamese Studies at Columbia and serves on the Board of Trustees of Fulbright University Vietnam. Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at Clare College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in the history of US foreign relations, he is the author or editor of nine books, including American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012). In 2020–21, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).

• Introduction Andrew Preston; Part I. Battlefields: 1. Reconsidering American strategy in Vietnam Gregory A. Daddis; 2. The air wars in Vietnam Mark Clodfelter; 3. US combat soldiers in Vietnam Ron Milam; 4. American women and the Vietnam War Heather Marie Stur; 5. The conundrum of Pacification John Prados; 6. The US military presence in South Vietnam Meredith Lair; 7. The ARVN experience Andrew Wiest; 8. The National Liberation Front Robert K. Brigham; 9. The people's army of Vietnam Hai Thanh Nguyen; 10. Vietnamese women and the war Amanda Boczar; 11. Vietnam's ethnic minorities at war Oscar Salemink; 12. The war in numbers Edwin Moïse; 13. The Tet Offensive James H. Willbanks; Part II. Homefronts: 14. Dominoes abroad and at home Fredrik Logevall; 15. LBJ, the great society, and Vietnam Julian E. Zelizer; 16. Politics in South Vietnam, 1963 –68 Simon Toner; 17. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1963 –68 Martin Grossheim; 18. The antiwar movement in the United States Simon Hall; 19. Vietnam and American race relations Brenda Gayle Plummer; 20. Prowar sentiment in the United States Sandra Scanlon; 21. The US news media and Vietnam Chester Pach; 22. The South Vietnamese Homefront Mai Elliott; 23. The North Vietnamese Homefront Pham Quang Minh; Part III. Global Vietnam: 24. International radicalism and antiwar protest Judy Tzu-Chun Wu; 25. The Vietnam war and the Sino-Soviet Split Sergey Radchenko; 26. Western Europe and the Vietnam war Christian Ostermann; 27. International peace initiatives James G. Hershberg; 28. Japan and the Vietnam war Jennifer M. Miller; 29. The economics of the Vietnam War Daniel Sargent; 30. The Global 1968 Adrienne Minh-Chau Le.

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen holds the Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University. She is the author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace (2012), which won prizes from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society for Military History. She is the co-founder of Vietnamese Studies at Columbia and serves on the Board of Trustees of Fulbright University Vietnam. Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at Clare College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in the history of US foreign relations, he is the author or editor of nine books, including American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012). In 2020–21, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).

• Introduction Andrew Preston; Part I. Battlefields: 1. Reconsidering American strategy in Vietnam Gregory A. Daddis; 2. The air wars in Vietnam Mark Clodfelter; 3. US combat soldiers in Vietnam Ron Milam; 4. American women and the Vietnam War Heather Marie Stur; 5. The conundrum of Pacification John Prados; 6. The US military presence in South Vietnam Meredith Lair; 7. The ARVN experience Andrew Wiest; 8. The National Liberation Front Robert K. Brigham; 9. The people's army of Vietnam Hai Thanh Nguyen; 10. Vietnamese women and the war Amanda Boczar; 11. Vietnam's ethnic minorities at war Oscar Salemink; 12. The war in numbers Edwin Moïse; 13. The Tet Offensive James H. Willbanks; Part II. Homefronts: 14. Dominoes abroad and at home Fredrik Logevall; 15. LBJ, the great society, and Vietnam Julian E. Zelizer; 16. Politics in South Vietnam, 1963 –68 Simon Toner; 17. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1963 –68 Martin Grossheim; 18. The antiwar movement in the United States Simon Hall; 19. Vietnam and American race relations Brenda Gayle Plummer; 20. Prowar sentiment in the United States Sandra Scanlon; 21. The US news media and Vietnam Chester Pach; 22. The South Vietnamese Homefront Mai Elliott; 23. The North Vietnamese Homefront Pham Quang Minh; Part III. Global Vietnam: 24. International radicalism and antiwar protest Judy Tzu-Chun Wu; 25. The Vietnam war and the Sino-Soviet Split Sergey Radchenko; 26. Western Europe and the Vietnam war Christian Ostermann; 27. International peace initiatives James G. Hershberg; 28. Japan and the Vietnam war Jennifer M. Miller; 29. The economics of the Vietnam War Daniel Sargent; 30. The Global 1968 Adrienne Minh-Chau Le.

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen holds the Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University. She is the author of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace (2012), which won prizes from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society for Military History. She is the co-founder of Vietnamese Studies at Columbia and serves on the Board of Trustees of Fulbright University Vietnam. Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at Clare College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in the history of US foreign relations, he is the author or editor of nine books, including American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (2019) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012). In 2020–21, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).

• Introduction Andrew Preston; Part I. Battlefields: 1. Reconsidering American strategy in Vietnam Gregory A. Daddis; 2. The air wars in Vietnam Mark Clodfelter; 3. US combat soldiers in Vietnam Ron Milam; 4. American women and the Vietnam War Heather Marie Stur; 5. The conundrum of Pacification John Prados; 6. The US military presence in South Vietnam Meredith Lair; 7. The ARVN experience Andrew Wiest; 8. The National Liberation Front Robert K. Brigham; 9. The people's army of Vietnam Hai Thanh Nguyen; 10. Vietnamese women and the war Amanda Boczar; 11. Vietnam's ethnic minorities at war Oscar Salemink; 12. The war in numbers Edwin Moïse; 13. The Tet Offensive James H. Willbanks; Part II. Homefronts: 14. Dominoes abroad and at home Fredrik Logevall; 15. LBJ, the great society, and Vietnam Julian E. Zelizer; 16. Politics in South Vietnam, 1963 –68 Simon Toner; 17. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1963 –68 Martin Grossheim; 18. The antiwar movement in the United States Simon Hall; 19. Vietnam and American race relations Brenda Gayle Plummer; 20. Prowar sentiment in the United States Sandra Scanlon; 21. The US news media and Vietnam Chester Pach; 22. The South Vietnamese Homefront Mai Elliott; 23. The North Vietnamese Homefront Pham Quang Minh; Part III. Global Vietnam: 24. International radicalism and antiwar protest Judy Tzu-Chun Wu; 25. The Vietnam war and the Sino-Soviet Split Sergey Radchenko; 26. Western Europe and the Vietnam war Christian Ostermann; 27. International peace initiatives James G. Hershberg; 28. Japan and the Vietnam war Jennifer M. Miller; 29. The economics of the Vietnam War Daniel Sargent; 30. The Global 1968 Adrienne Minh-Chau Le.