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 volume documents U.S. policy towards the war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from July 1970 to January 1972."--Preface.

"Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, September 2010"--T.p. verso. Includes a section: "Note on U.S. covert actions".

Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations and terms -- Persons -- Note on U.S. covert actions -- Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972: The aftermath of the Cambodian incursion, July 21-October 7, 1970 Planning and decisions for operations in Cambodia and Laos, October 9, 1970-February 7, 1971, Operation Lam Son 719, February 8-April 7, 1971, The consequences of Operation Lam Son 719 and the search for a settlement, April 8-October 6, 1971, Military and diplomatic stalemate, October 11, 1971-January 26, 1972 -- Index.