"Examination of the administration of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam and how the country survived all Communist attempts to overthrow it until the U.S. Congress allowed the anti-Communist population to be conquered by the North"--Provided by publisher.

The Viet Minh War -- The coming of Ngo Dinh Diem -- The murder of President Diem -- The South Vietnamese Army -- The Tet Offensive and the Ho Chi Minh Trail -- The 1972 Easter Offensive -- The Americans abandon the South Vietnamese -- Retrenchment and collapse -- Reflection on the fall of South Vietnam -- Appendix: Could South Vietnam have endured?