327 pages, indexed. The back of the jacket suffers from loss at the head, with two small chips ant the head and tail of the front; the pages are lightly tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. "This book gives a different view of the events leading up to the VietNam War and the United States involvement in it. It covers the politics and power struggles in Thailand, Laos. Cambodia, South Vietnam, North Vietnam and China. Its conclusion is that the United States and France failed in its efforts while North Vietnam and the Viet Cong succeeded." (goodreads) "Denis Ashton Warner CMG OBE (12 December 1917 - 12 July 2012) was an Australian journalist, war correspondent and historian." (Wikipedia)