Vietnam: August-December 1963 : Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963

Contents of this volume on Vietnam: (I) Reassessment in Wash. and inaction in Saigon, Aug. 28-Sept. 7: The coup stalls; Pres. Kennedy¹s public statement, attempts to negotiate Nhu¹s removal and change S. Vietnam¹s policies; (II) Period of interlude, Sept. 7-Oct. 22: Assessment of the progress of the war, U.S. efforts to reform the Diem gov¹t., the McNamara-Taylor mission to Vietnam and report, U.S. policy on coup plotting in Vietnam; (III) The coup against the Diem gov¹t., Oct. 23-Nov. 2; (IV) U.S. relations with the Provisional Gov¹t. of Vietnam, Nov. 2-22; and (V) The Johnson presidency, Nov. 22-Dec. 31: Lodge-Johnson meeting on Vietnam, NSAM 273, McNamara visit, year-end observations.Glennon, John P. is the author of 'Vietnam: August-December 1963 : Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756748067 and ISBN 0756748062.