In the latter book, Colby argued that the U.S.–RVN counterinsurgency campaign in Vietnam had succeeded by the early 1970s and that South Vietnam could have survived had the U.S. continued to provide support after the Paris Accords.
U ovoj posljednjoj, Colby naglašava da je američka RVN kampanja reosiguranja u Vijetnamu uspjela ranih 1970-ih i da je Južni Vijetnam mogao preživjeti da je Amerika nastavila osiguravati podršku nakon Pariških sporazuma.