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Country Studies: The War in Vietnam ArticleCountry Studies: The War in Vietnam Article
Publisher
Country Studies US
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Articles
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1140L
Article

Country Studies: The War in Vietnam

Curated by ACT

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.

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cold war foreign policy, democratic national convention, geneva conference, george wallace, gulf of tonkin resolution, henry kissinger, kent state, paris peace agreement, president johnson's foreign policy, richard. m nixon, the war in vietnam, viet cong, vietnamese communism, battles of the cold war, vietnam war

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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