Structure and scope. "This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important issues in the foreign policy of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. This specific volume covers U.S. policy towards Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from the signing of the Paris Peace Accords (January 1973) to the fall of Saigon and Phnom Penh (April 1975). The final chapter covers the SS Mayaguez incident (May 1975)."--Preface.

"Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs"--T.p. verso.

Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations and terms -- Persons -- Note on U.S. covert actions -- Vietnam, January 1973-July 1975: Neither war nor peace, January 27-June 15, 1973 ; Congressional restrictions, general warfare, June 19, 1973-February 25, 1975 ; Collapse and evacuation, February 26-July 22, 1975 ; The SS Mayaguez incident, May 12-15, 1975 -- Index.