Second Indochina War

Ang Cheng Guan is Professor of International History of Southeast Asia and Associate Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He researches the international history of contemporary Asia, with a focus on Southeast Asia.

• AcknowledgementsState of the FieldPART I Prelude to a War1 Decolonisation Meets the Cold War, 19482 From Geneva 1954 to the Resumption of Armed Struggle, 19593 Towards the Establishment of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, 19604 Laos Takes Centre Stage, 1960–1962PART II Making of a Limited War5 The Armed Struggle Intensifies, 1962–19666 Secret Peace Initiatives – “Marigold”, “Sunflower”, “Pennsylvania”, 1966–19677 The Siege of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive, 1968PART III Ending the Vietnam War8 The Start of Negotiations, 19689 Fighting and Negotiating, 1969–197010 Secret Negotiations in Paris between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, 1971–197311 From the Paris Peace Agreements, January 1973 to the End of the War, April 1975Selected BibliographyIndex