1. Chapters 1 & 2, Chapter 3, Part 1. France clings to empire; "dirty war" begins; Dienbienphu strengthened.
3. Chapter 5, Parts 2, 3 & 4, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Part 1. Diem survives, financed by US; Le Duan named party secretary; North Vietnam consolidates; US active military role begins.
4. Chapter 7, Parts 2 & 3, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Part 1. Johnson mulls strategy; McNamara flexes; Enter Westmoreland; Gulf of Tonkin incident.
5. Chapter 9, Part 2, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Part 1. Hawks ascend, Escalate; US troops undertake responsibility; Ky and Thieu in charge. . March on Washington, April 1965 http://michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/antivietnamwar/exhibits/show/exhibit/the_teach_ins/national_teach_in_1965
7. Chapters 14 & 15, Chapter 16, Part 1. Rolling Thunder; North Vietnam Takes the Pain; Peaceniks Emerge. . Levitate the Pentagon https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/19/the-day-anti-vietnam-war-protesters-tried-to-levitate-the-pentagon/
8. Chapter 16, Parts 2, 3 & 4, Chapter 17. Warniks react; Soldiers hunker down; Both Sides Suffer.
9. Chapter 18, Chapter 19. Tet; US Reels. . Johnson withdraws https://www.npr.org/2018/03/25/596805375/president-johnson-made-a-bombshell-announcement-50-years-ago
10. Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Parts 1, 2, & 3. War drones on; Nixon elected. Democratic Convention Chicago 1968 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1968-democratic-convention-931079/
11. Chapter 21, Part 4, Chapters 22 & 23, Chapter 24, Part 1. Vietnamization; American position erodes; North Vietnam forces the pace. Moratorium march on Washington https://madison.com/wsj/archives/photos-1969-national-moratorium-anti-vietnam-war-protests/collection_09f16b20-3ade-5697-af04-015286e8a5a9.html#1.
12. Chapter 24, Parts 2 & 3, Chapter 25. South Vietnam tenuous; "Peace is at hand;" 1972 Election; Christmas Bombing. Seymour Hersh on My Lai https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1972/01/22/coverup.
13. Chapters 26 & 27 Final stages.
14. Chapter 28. Afterward.
READING IS APPROXIMATELY 54 PAGES PER WEEK.