University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Gerald Ford: Foreign Affairs
Comprehensive look at the foreign policy of Gerald Ford's administration. Topics include: detente with Soviet Union, Soviet-American relationship in general, end of the Vietnam War, the Mayaguez crisis, and the CIA operations.
A&E Television
History.com: Missing in Action: How Military Families in Tortuous Limbo Galvanized a Movement
"MIA" stands for missing in action, a term used to refer to members of the armed forces who have not returned from military service and whose whereabouts are unknown. Since ancient times, soldiers have gone to war and never returned,...
Curated OER
The History Place: The Vietnam War 1945 1975
This site from The History Place is a comprehensive site about the events leading up to the Vietnam War and ending with the withdrawal of American troops. Excellent slide show with an array of images from the era.
Curated OER
Personal Site: Women in the Vietnam War
This personal site identifies the ways in which women served in the Vietnam War: hospitals, MASH Units, information offices, and many other jobs.
Curated OER
Personal Site: Women in the Vietnam War
This personal site identifies the ways in which women served in the Vietnam War: hospitals, MASH Units, information offices, and many other jobs.
Curated OER
Personal Site: Women in the Vietnam War
This personal site identifies the ways in which women served in the Vietnam War: hospitals, MASH Units, information offices, and many other jobs.
Other
Fall of Saigon
This resource provides many personal accounts of the fall of Saigon from Marines involved in the evacuations. Pictures are also included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Things They Carried by Tim O'brien
This collection uses primary sources to explore Tim O'Brien's novel, The Things They Carried.
Digital History
Digital History: Nixon and Vietnam
This site discusses the American involvement in the Vietnam War would officially come to an end during Nixon's second term in office. As part of his election campaign in 1968, Nixon pledged to bring "Peace with honor," and an end to...
Digital History
Digital History: Was the 'Whole Thing a Lie' or a 'Noble Crusade' [Pdf]
Read the opposing viewpoints of General Westmoreland, U. S. commander in Vietnam during the troop escalation, and Sgt. Donald Duncan, a Vietnam veteran, who became one of the first critics of the U.S. Vietnam policy. Was the Vietnam War...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Vietnam Weapons of War
This informative site clearly describes what each side had in its arsenal of weapons during the Vietnam War.
Digital History
Digital History: The War Is Finished [Pdf]
Read about the end of the Vietnam War after the peace agreement in January, 1973. Find out about the violations of the agreement by both the North and South Vietnamese and the eventual fall of the South Vietnamese government.
PBS
Pbs: Vietnam: Stories Since the War
A collection of personal oral histories presented from those who remember or experienced the Vietnam War Era. From PBS.
Ohio State University
E History: America in Vietnam: The Fifteen Year War
An encompassing textbook on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. For teachers and students who wish to gain a deep understanding of the conlfict in its entirety.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 25: Vietnam Revisited
Using music, videos, and interviews are effective ways to study the Vietnam War era. The music from the late 1960s and early 1970s offers wonderful insights into how many Americans felt about the times. Through the use of personal...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Library: Vietnam, Diem, the Buddhist Crisis
The president of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, ignored urgings by President Kennedy to make reforms to his government. Read about the discussions Kennedy and his advisors had, find a link to a cable called the most controversial of the Vietnam...
Other
Vietnamese Culture: Vietnamese History
Click on "Vietnam's History in Brief" to get a timeline of important events in the country's history. For more depth, click on the individual topics to learn about everything from Vietnam's early history through to the Vietnam War.
Smithsonian Institution
Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Bring the Troops Home
Annotated example of a poster produced by anti-Vietnam War activists serves as a useful resource for analyzing poster art as a form of protest.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The War in Vietnam
The Vietnam War encompassed many decades and many presidents. This site from Country Studies provides a brief, yet comprehensive, history of the war in Vietnam.
PBS
Pbs: Battlefield: Timeline: Vietnam
Timeline of important events affecting the battlefield during the Vietnam War from January 1, 1965, to the end of the war on April 30, 1975. You will need to click on Next at the bottom of the pages to view to the end. Click Back at the...
Digital History
Digital History: Vietnamization [Pdf]
Richard Nixon claimed to have a secret plan to end the Vietnam War when he was campaigning for president in 1968. See what that secret plan was and read about how it extended the war by another four years and galvanized anti-war...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Nixon, Vietnam, and the Cold War
Outline of later Vietnam War struggles during the Nixon era and U.S. relations with Communist countries.
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