"I welcome the publication of Setting The Stage, the first volume of the Vietnam Experience. As former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam, I have long awaited a thorough and balanced account of our country's ordeal in indochina. During my years in South Vietnam, it seemed to me that the issue of Vietnam was perhaps the most important problem facing America." Henry Cabot Lodge.

(Key Words: History, War, Vietnam, America, Military, Asia, China).