TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Letter of Promulgation | i | |
| Title Page | v | |
| Preface | vii | |
| Table of Contents | ix | |
| List of Illustrations | xiii | |
| Chapter | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| II. | THE ENEMY | |
| The Role of North Vietnam | 13 | |
| Infiltration into RVN | 34 | |
| The Viet Cong Infrastructure | 44 | |
| Enemy Operations in RVN | 70 | |
| Enemy Support Operations | 85 | |
| The Enemy Situation at the Year's End | 108 | |
| III. | FRIENDLY FORCES | |
| Command and Control Structure | 121 | |
| United States Forces | 135 | |
| Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF) | 167 | |
| USMACV Advisory Effort | 218 | |
| Free World Military Assistance Forces | 247 | |
| IV. | THE GOALS AND THE STRATEGY | |
| US Policy and Objectives | 307 | |
| Combined US /RVN Strategy | 317 | |
| COMUSMACV Strategy | 323 | |
| V. | OPERATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM | |
| Ground Operations | 349 | |
| Air Operations | 399 | |
| Naval Operations | 461 | |