Abstract:

"This program covers the war with the French and Viet Minh; the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu; the partitioning of Vietnam; the Geneva Conference; the unraveling of the South Vietnamese government and the arrival of increasing numbers of American advisers; the death of Ho Chi Minh; the escalation of war; the evacuation of American forces; and the North's immediate and intense efforts to remove all traces of the vanquished South Vietnamese regime."