Originally published under title: Twenty years and twenty days.
A question of honor : "I'm sorry, the answer is 'No'" -- Into battle : the reason why -- Airborne : I work with Colby of the CIA -- Diem : the CIA backs our coup -- 1964 : the year of the seven coups -- Young Turks : the road to power -- Prime Minister : my three days with Johnson -- The Buddhists : confrontation at Danang -- Corruption : the FX millionaires -- Aid : knots in the strings -- Training an army : a question of advise and consent -- Hearts and minds : how the battle was lost -- Limited war : America's fatal flaws -- Tet : the breaking of America's morale -- The president : one reason why Nixon won -- Vietnamization : what's in a name? -- Paris : when the killing had to stop -- Alone : the promise Nixon could not keep -- Graham Martin : formula for a double cross -- Saigon : the final agony.