The United States and Vietnam, 1787-1941
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAP -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- I-MERCHANT SHIPS AND THEIR CAPTAINS -- The Fame and Captain Jeremiah Briggs -- The Brig Franklin and Captain John White -- II-DIPLOMATS AND NAVAL VESSELS -- John Shillaber, U.S. Consul in Batavia -- Edmund Roberts, Special Agent, and the Sloop-of-War Peacock -- Edmund Roberts: Second Mission -- Joseph Balestier, U.S. Consul, and Captain John Percival of the U.S.S. Constitution -- III-COMMERCE, STRATEGIC THINKING, AND COLONIAL EXPANSION -- Daniel Webster and Commodore Perry -- Colonies and Consulates -- France and China: A Growing Confrontation -- IV-THE UNITED STATES' GOOD OFFICES -- The First Attempt: July-August 1883 -- The Second and Third Attempts: July-August 1884 -- The Fourth Attempt: September-November 1884 -- Breathing Space: Trade and Consuls -- V-THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN: PRELUDE TO CONFRONTATION -- American Beginnings in Indochina -- Coming Confrontation -- Arms Shipments, High Diplomacy, and Commercial Considerations -- VI-JAPAN'S SOUTHWARD ADVANCE -- Japan's Southward Advance Accelerates -- Japanese Forces Occupy Tonkin -- Exploratory U.S.-Japanese Conversations Begin -- "The Pudgy Thumb" Falls and Talks Resume -- CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS -- APPENDIXES A TO G HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS -- Appendix A-U.S. Consul John Shillaber's Report to the Secretary of State on Cochin China -- Appendix B-Secretary of State Livingston's Instructions to Special Agent Edmund Roberts -- Appendix C-Special Agent Edmund Roberts' Report on his First Mission -- Appendix D-Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from Captain John Percival -- Appendix E-Mr. Balestier to the Secretary of State -- Appendix F -- Appendix G -- THE AUTHOR -- NOTES-Colonies and Consulates -- IV THE UNITED STATES' GOOD OFFICES -- The First Attempt: July-August 1883.
