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Photo of Vietnamese students sit in a courtyard at City University in Paris, Aug. 27, 1963, at the start of a proposed 24-hour hunger strike against actions of the government in South Viet Nam. The government has put the country under martial law to quell protests of Buddhist monks and students.
Posted inPrimary Sources

How Did World Media View the War in Vietnam?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/28/20231/4/2024

This classified document sheds light on U.S. government attempts to monitor the media.

Photo of U.S Soldiers from the 101st cavalry division have set up these 105mm howitzers in a sand bagged fire-base at an elevated site in the center of the a Shau Valley in South Vietnam, August 12, 1968. From this position, gunners can give excellent fire support to men operating in the valley below.
Posted inInterview

What Are the Limits of Firepower? Maj. Gen. Robert Scales Speaks About America’s Way of War in Vietnam

by Warren Wilkins9/18/20239/18/2023

Hamburger Hill veteran and expert on U.S. firepower Maj. Gen. Robert Scales shares his experiences in Vietnam and his views on U.S. strategy.

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“Any Kind Of Writing Is Cathartic”: Why Former Naval Aviator Don Purdy Uses Poetry to Describe His War in Vietnam

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher2/20/20223/2/2024

Purdy spoke with Vietnam magazine about his writing and artwork and how they give form to the echoes of warfare that might seem impossible to express

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Book Review: Cold War Mandarin / Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America’s War in Vietnam, 1950-1963

by Herbert Y. Schandler12/5/20184/29/2024

Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America’s War in Vietnam, […]

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Strategy for Failure: America’s War in Vietnam

by Jerry D. Morelock4/14/20178/16/2021

 “Refighting the last war” ensured U.S. defeat.

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Review – The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam

by dnewbold11/14/20124/12/2016

The Boys of ’67 by Andrew Wiest recounts the unique manner in which Charlie Company, 4th Bn of the 4th Infantry, 9th ID, was formed, trained and operated during the Vietnam War

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Reviews – Donut Dolly, An American Red Cross Girl’s War in Vietnam

by Vietnam Magazine3/15/20124/12/2016

Donut Dolly: An American Red Cross Girl’s War in Vietnam, by Joann Puffer Kotcher, makes a strong case for the impact that a small cadre of women had on the arc of women’s equality in the armed forces

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Book Review: Backfire: The CIA’s Secret War in Laos and Its Link to the War in Vietnam, (Roger Warner) : VN

by HistoryNet Staff8/12/20018/11/2016

Backfire: The CIA’s Secret War in Laos and Its Link to the War in […]

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Book Review: Spite House / The Last Secret of the War in Vietnam

by HistoryNet Staff8/12/20015/19/2024

Monika Jensen-Stevenson’s defense of Marine POW Bobby Garwood is compelling, seductive, sensational… and wrong.

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THE WAR IN VIETNAM The War In Vietnam by MacMillian Digital USA (800-716-0044) utilizes […]

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