Map on lining pages. Based of the classified manuscript.

The Geneva Conference and its aftermath, 1954 -- Three troubled months, August-October 1954 -- The Collins mission -- The crisis of April and May 1955 -- The outlook brightens in South Vietnam -- Developments in North Vietnam -- The Republic of Vietnam : 1956, a year of progress -- South Vietnam, 1957-1959 -- Appendix : the evolution of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Principal civilian and military officers.