Text and illustrations explore the causes and effects of the Vietnam War, along with the positive and negative outcomes of the war.

Part I. What was the Vietnam War? -- At Khe Sanh -- The causes -- The Second Indochina War -- War like wildfire -- End of the road -- Part II. What came out of the Vietnam War? -- Power but no glory -- Dominoes -- Stalemate at the UN -- How the world changed -- Dollars for war -- Social change -- Women at war -- Saving lives -- New technologies -- Fire from Hell -- Clearing the jungle -- Media and the arts -- Art of the war -- Writers, facts and fiction -- Part III. So did anything good come out of the Vietnam War? -- The big questions -- Legacy of the Vietnam War.