Vietnam's second front: domestic politics, the Republican Party, and the war

Introduction : Ares, Virginia, and the myth of the water's edge

Trapped between Scylla and Charybdis : JFK, the GOP, and domestic politics

The Cassandra conundrum : GOP opposition to LBJ's Vietnam policy, 1963-1965

Opening Pandora's box : escalation and domestic politics, 1965-1966

Confronting the hydra : LBJ on the defensive, 1966-1967

Sisyphus and Tantalus : the political impact of the war, 1967-1968

The Zalmoxis effect : Vietnam and the 1968 presidential election

The Icarus agenda : Vietnamization and its political implications

Whither Ariadne? Domestic politics and Nixon's search for peace

Conclusion: sowing dragon's teeth

Appendix: Republicans, 1961-1973.