Introduction / Geoffrey W. Jensen and Matthew M. Stith -- Part I: The politics of war -- Rural development and revolution in Ngo Dinh Diem's Vietnam / Geoffrey C. Stewart -- Beyond the peace accords: legacies of America's secret war in Laos / Nengher N. Vang -- Leopard spots, patchworks, and crazy quilts: a geography of Nixon's Vietnam War / Martin G. Clemis -- Vietnam, the student movement, and the south: the war and regional identity / Jeffrey A. Turner -- Part II: The combatants and their war -- A parable of persisting failure: project 100,000 / Geoffrey W. Jensen -- Women, gender, and the war / Heather Marie Stur -- China's intervention and the end of the communist alliance in Vietnam / Xiaobing Li -- The role of the military advisor in Vietnam / Ron Milam -- The natural environment and the American military experience in Vietnam / Matthew M. Stith -- Part III: Remembering Vietnam -- The 'Nam comics: remember the American war in Viet Nam / Susan L. Eastman -- Claiming the flag: patriotism and the Nixon White House / Sarah Thelen -- Provisional healing: Vietnam memorials and the limits of memory / William Thomas Allison -- They got out of that place: understanding the Vietnam War through the music-based memories of Vietnam veterans / Doug Bradley