BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX.

Foreward; Preface; Table of Contents Part I: The Watershed; Ch. 1: Background to Military Assistance; The Geographic Setting; The People; Vietnam's Recent History; Post-Geneva South Vietnam; The American Response; Ch. 2: The Formative Years; Military Assistance Advisory Groups, Vietnam; Origins of U.S. Marine Assistance; Political Stabilization and Its Effects; Reorganization and Progress; Summing Up Developments; Ch. 3: Vietnamese Marines and the Communist Insurgency; Origins and Early Stages of Insurgency; Insurgency and the Vietnamese Marine Corps; Ancillary Effects on Marine Pacific Commands; American Decisions at the Close of 1961; Ch. 4: An Expanding War, 1962; The War's New Context; Creation of MACV and Marine Advisory Division; The Vietnamese Marine Corps, 1962; Some Conclusions Part II: Marine Helicopters Go to War; Ch. 5: SHUFLY at Soc Trang; The Decision; Deployment to Soc Trang; Mekong Delta Combat Support Operations; Preparations and Redeployment; Accomplishments; Ch. 6: SHUFLY Moves North; Arrival at Da Nang; I Corps Tactical Zone; Military Situation, September 1962; Initial Helicopter Operations; Marine People-to-People Program; SHUFLY Operations in I Corps; Ch. 7: The Laotian Crisis, 1962; Genesis of the Problem; The American Response; The Marine Corps Role; Marine Participation: A Summary Part III: The Struggle Continues, 1963; Ch. 8: The Marine Advisory Effort; The Political Climate; The Advisory Division and VNMC Operations; Accomplishments; Ch. 9: SHUFLY Operations; Development of the Compound Continues; Combat Support Operations; The Situation in Vietnam Part IV: An Expanding Ground War, 1964; Ch. 10: Marines Meet the Challenge; New American Decisions; A Restructured Military Assistance Command; Changes in Marine Leadership; Redesignation and Reorganization; The Vietnamese Marine Brigade; Additional Marine Activities; Ch. 11: