Scholarly 1970 essay by Noam Chomsky thoroughly details his visit to Laos, the history of U.S. involvement in Laos, and the impact of massive bombing on the country and its people. It's an interesting perspective from the Vietnam war era.

A biography of James Bond Stockdale, one of the most decorated officers in the Navy's history. He was a captive of war for seven years in a brutal prison in North Vietnam and survived through sheer determinism and heroism. His story came...

A biography of Neil Sheehan, a journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction for a book he wrote about his experience of the Vietnam War. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.

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.

Read the incredible story of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael E. Thornton who saved the life of his commander in Vietnam. Read about his background and story of amazing bravery, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.

Read the incredible story of Lt. Thomas Norris who received the Medal of Honor award for his bravery in Vietnam. Read about his background and achievements, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.

Summary of the rise of cultural and ethnic pluralism that took place in America between 1960 -1980 causing major social change. Included were such movements as civil rights, women, Latino, Native-American, counterculture,...

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.

Read excerpts from a 1965 speech at John Hopkins University offering Johnson's justification of the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Two letters: one written by Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973 CE) to Ho Chi Minh and the other Minh's response. Johnson is testing the waters for a peace settlement while Minh insists that the Vietname War was provoked by the US and can only be...

Excerpts from the text of this cease-fire agreement. Read the full-text agreement that ended the Vietnam War.

A learning module that begins with "'Chasing Memories' in Their Refugee Camp 40 Years after Fleeing Vietnam" by Hansi Lo Wang, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...

Describes the domestic effect on American life of the Vietnam War. The economic impact is covered at the end of this piece.

"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,...

Vietnam War Map

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.

A descriptive site about Vietnam, including geography, government, history, and many more facts and statistics. Includes map and flag.

Transcripts of conversations with Daniel Ellsberg that go into detailed accounts of Vietnam, The Pentagon Papers, and more of Mr. Ellsberg's experiences.

The 1971 leaking of the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times led to a Supreme Court case in which the government took the newspaper to court over publishing classified information about Vietnam War policy.

What is it like to be a war correspondent? This is an exhibit from the Newseum that explores what goes into the reporting of covering a war. Discusses the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and...

The Geneva Conference of 1954 was an international meeting in Switzerland involving the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China and the Viet Minh. The powers involved attempted to negotiate a settlement to end...

Before Vietnam became the stage for an American war against international communism, it was a war between France and Indochina. France, concerned about losing their colonial holdings in Indochina and therefore losing international...

By the middle of the 1960s, American public opinion was beginning to favor US withdrawal from the Vietnam War. After the Tet Offensive in 1968 and Nixon's secret bombings of Cambodia, the majority of Americans were calling for complete...

Take a look at this firsthand account of the final days a U.S. Marine spent in Saigon, before it fell to North Vietnam in 1975.