Table of Contents

Introduction by K. W. Taylor 1. A Vietnamese Perspective on US Involvement in Vietnam by Bui Diem 2. Testimony of a Senior Officer, South Vietnamese Central Intelligence Organization by Phan Cong Tam 3. From Facing Anti-war Crowds to Nation-building by Nguyen Ngoc Bich 4. A Decade of Public Service: Nation-building during the Interregnum and Second Republic (1964-75) by Tran Quang Minh 5. Building a Market Economy during Wartime by Nguyen Duc Cuong 6. From the First to the Second Republic: From Scylla to Charybdis by Phan Quang Tue 7. Testimony of a Former Representative of the Republic of South Vietnam National Assembly, 1971-75 by Tran Van Son 8. The Tan Dai Viet Party and its Contribution to Building Democracy in the Second Republic of Vietnam by Ma Xai 9. Naval Battle of the Paracels by Ho van Ky-Thoai 10. Military and Security by Lan Lu Contributors

About the Author

Keith W. Taylor is Professor of Vietnamese Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of A History of the Vietnamese.

Reviews

"This volume is a welcome addition to a growing scholarly literature about South Vietnam. Its personal testimonies provide key details not only about the political and military history of that country but also about the complex backgrounds and worldviews of the men who governed it. It is a record of the hopes and hardships of a group of South Vietnamese who sought to build a stable, prosperous society in a time of decolonization and civil war."-Charles Keith, Michigan State University