Table of Contents:
  • The United States and the Vietnam conundrum
  • France and Indochina
  • West Germany from the 1950s to 1963 : finding a role in international affairs
  • Britain and Indochina : We have experience in these matters
  • Lyndon Johnson and military escalation in Vietnam, 1964-1968
  • De Gaulle's response to American policy in Vietnam, 1961-1966
  • Ludwig Erhard : Bonn, Washington, Paris, and the problem of Vietnam, 1964-1966
  • Harold Wilson and the illusive search for a diplomatic settlement
  • The lessening of tensions, 1968-1969
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: The allies and the Iraq War.