Prelude: Vietnamization -- Deciding to launch the operation -- The plan -- The mission receives a green light -- The other side -- The battle is joined -- The attack grinds to a halt -- On to Tchepone -- The withdrawal -- Assessing Lam Son 719 -- Aftermath -- Epilogue: Endgame -- Appendix 1. Task organization, ARVN and US -- Appendix 2. Order of battle, People's Army of Vietnam, northern military regions and Laos, 1971 -- Appendix 3. Casualties -- Appendix 4. US Army aviation summary -- Appendix 5. US Air Force summary -- Appendix 6. US/ARVN artillery summary.