Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Earl H. Tilford, Jr. -- Introduction -- Marc Jason Gilbert -- One Victory by Other Means: The Foreign Policy -- of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam -- William J. Duiker -- Two Fighting without Allies: The International -- Dimensions of America's Defeat in Vietnam -- George C. Herring -- Three Why the South Won the American War in Vietnam -- Robert K Brigham -- Four How America's Own Military Performance -- in Vietnam Aided and Abetted the "Norths" Victory -- Jeffrey Record -- Five Impatience, Illusion, and Asymmetry: -- Intelligence in Vietnam -- John Prados -- Six The Cost of Losing the "Other War" in Vietnam -- Marc Jason Gilbert -- Seven The Role of Economic Culture in -- Victory and Defeat in Vietnam -- Andrew J. Rotter -- Eight "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, -- Ho Chi Minh Is Gonna Win!" -- Marilyn Young -- Nine Hall of Mirrors -- Lloyd Gardner -- About the Authors -- Index.