This book considers the Vietnam war in light of U.S. foreign
policy in Vietnam, concluding that the war was a direct result of
failed state-building efforts. This U.S. nation building project
began in the mid-1950s with the ambitious goal of creating a new
independent, democratic, modern state below the 17th parallel. No
one involved imagined this effort would lead to a major and
devastating war in less than a decade. Carter analyzes how the
United States ended up fighting a large-scale w
目錄：
Acknowledgments page vii
1 Introduction: Inventing Vietnam
2 The Cold War, Colonialism, and the Origins of the American
Commitment to Vietnam, 1945–1954
The End of Colonialism, the Cold War, and Vietnam
Making the World Safe through Development
Intellectuals, Modernization, and the Third World
The State of Vietnam: History, Geography, and
Imperialism
Inventing Vietnam: The United States and State Building
3 “The Needs Are Enormous, the Time Short”: Michigan State
University, the U.S. Operations Mission, State Building, and
Vietnam
Collective Security and Crafting Consensus
“The Needs Are Enormous, the Time Short”: Michigan State
University in Vietnam
Conclusion
4 Surviving the Crises: Southern Vietnam, 1958–1960
The American Mission and Building Vietnam
Inventing Vietnam and the Politics of Aid
My-Diem and the Rise of the Insurgency
Conclusion
5 “A Permanent Mendicant”: Southern Vietnam, 1960–1963
Southern Vietnam in the Decade of Development
Counterinsurgency, Strategic Hamlets, and the Militarization
of U.S. Policy
The Political Economy of State Building
Conclusion: Political Collapse and the Fall of Diem
6 A Period of Shakedown: Southern Vietnam, 1963–1965
“Stable Government or No Stable Government”: Rescuing
Southern Vietnam from the Vietnamese
“The Construction Miracle of the Decade”: The Military
Buildup and Inventing Vietnam
“The Works of Peace”: The Mekong Delta and the Politics of
War
“Long Since…Dependent on U.S. Aid”
Conclusion
7 The Paradox of Construction and Destruction: Southern Vietnam,
1966–1968
“RMK-BRJ Is Changing the Face of South Viet Nam”
“Not Much More Than a Drop in the Bucket”: Refugees,
Pacification, and the “Other War” in Southern Vietnam
“A National Symphony of Theft, Corruption, and Bribery”
Conclusion
Epilogue: War, Politics, and the End in Vietnam
The Tet Offensive
Leaving Vietnam Undone
Bibliography
Index
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