Graham Martin; question of origin of the insurgency; Laos and the Laos Accords; General Trapnell; Averell Harriman; Pop Buell; division of American opinion on Diem; Buddhist troubles; the immolations; press corps; coup that overthrew Diem; Henry…
First acquaintance with Vietnam scene; General O'Daniel; Ed Lansdale; Diem in 1955; different characteristics of the Vietnam War; Saigon in the 1950s; reflections on various correspondents; American-French relations in the period; Ngo Dinh Diem; land…