The fate of OSS agent 19 (1945-1946) -- The thirty-year war begins (1946-1954) -- A pause between the wars (1954-1956) -- The war for the South begins (1956-1962) -- The fall of Diem (1963) -- Taking the war north (1963-1964) -- A wider war (1964-1965) -- The American invasion of South Vietnam (1965-1966) -- An American war (1966-1967) -- The war in America (1965-1967) -- The 'cross-over point" (1967-1968) -- Bloodbaths (1968-1971) -- "A savage retreat" (1971-1973) -- "Their war" (1973-1975) -- After the war (1975-1990).