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*FrontMatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. xv*CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: 1964, PROLOGUE TO WAR, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. THE DECISION TO BEGIN THE AIR WAR AND TO SEND THE FIRST U.S. GROUND FORCES TO VIETNAM, pg. 45*CHAPTER 3. RAPID EXPANSION OF THE U.S. ROLE, pg. 127*CHAPTER 4. THE OLIVE BRANCH AND THE SWORD, pg. 217*CHAPTER 5. WESTMORELAND REQUESTS MAJOR GROUND FORCES, pg. 277*CHAPTER 6. THE PRESIDENT APPROVES WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST, pg. 367*APPENDIX I. SUMMARY OF TWELVE INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES, 1964- 1965, pg. 463*APPENDIX II. SUMMARY OF THE JULY 14, 1965 REPORT OF THE JCS AD HOC STUDY GROUP, "INTENSIFICATION OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CONCEPT AND APPRAISAL"*, pg. 469*INDEX, pg. 479