Vietnam War
Web Sites on the Vietnam Conflict
This site provides information on the Vietnam War and Vietnam today and includes a chronology and characteristics of the war, a newsletter, numerous bibligraphies for research, and annotated links to related sites.
The Wars for Vietnam: 1945-1975
Critics of the American intervention claim that the Vietnam war was unnecessary and immoral and that policymakers in Washington dragged the country into an unwated war. In contrast, a small group of scholars and military leaders offer an emotional defense of American intervention. A careful examination of many sources reveals that neither views is entirely accurate and that the interplay of events was far more complicated than most accounts suggest. This site offers you an opportunity to examine some of these sources including many official documents.
This web site is a collection of primary source documents for the most part. A very touching, fascinating site, it is liberally illustrated and loaded with information. The arrangement and organization is a bit haphazard; however, the material is powerful enough that the persistent reseacher will be rewarded. Lots of statistics which are verifiable.
From the PBS series "'The American Experience", this web site provides information regarding the Vietnam War. Discover some of the history behind the events leading up to the confrontation and a historical perspective of the American War effort.
This web site explains the Vietnam War from a military perspective. There are statistics about casualties that are interesting to look at and compare. It offers a brief background to the causes that led to conflict and how America became invoved. There are also links to important documents that will further enhance your understanding of the Vietnam War.
This site provides useful information for students who are researching the Vietnam War. There is a resident historian and there are interviews and biographies on various people important to the cause. There are individual pages on this site that deal with important events pertaining to the Vietnam War.
Books on the Vietnam Conflict:
Library books on the Vietnam Conflict are located at 959.7.
An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam War
(Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
by Debenedetti, Charles
The Advisor: The Phoenix Program in Vietnam
by Cook, John L.
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
by Terry, Wallace
Even the Women Must Fight: memories of War from North Vietnam
by Turner, Karen Gottschang
Facing My Lai: Moving Beyond the Massacre
by Anderson, David L.
Fighting on Two Fronts: Afircan Americans and the Vietnam War
by Westheider, James
From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era
by Kent, Stephen A.
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
by Van Devanter, Lynda
Johnson Years: Vietnam, the Environment, and Science
by Divine, Robert A.
Of Spies and Lies: A CIA Lie Detector Remembers Vietnam
by Sullivan, John F.
The Phoenix Program
by Valentine, Douglas
Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965
Michael R. Beschloss
Soul Patrol
by Emanuel, Ed
The TET Offensive
by Gilbert, Marc Jason
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967
by Maraniss, David
A Time Remembered: American Women in the Vietnam War
by Gruzit-Hoyt, Olga
U.S. Official Propaganda During the Vietnam War, 1965-1973: The Limits of Persuasion
by Page, Caroline
Veterans and Agent Orange
by The Institute of Medicine
The Vietnam War on Trial: The My Lai Massacre and Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley
by Belknap, Michael R.
The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling
by Bates, Milton J.