The Vietnam War
(Book)

Historical background on the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War : an overview / Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ; Vietnam seeks freedom from France prior to the Vietnam / Edgar Snow ; South Vietnam struggles to rebuild after partition / Economist ; The President of South Vietnam appears to the United States for aid against North Vietnam / Ngo Dihn Diem ; The United States pledges to support South Vietnam in its quest to remain free / Robert S. McNamara ; The people of the United States become disenchanted with the war / Saturday Evening Post ; America will have a just peace in Vietnam / Richard Nixon ; The North Vietnamese claim victory in Saigon / Van Tien Dung

Controversies surrounding the Vietnam War. The United States has a duty to defend freedom in Vietnam / Lyndon B. Johnson ; The United States is not defending freedom in Vietnam / Paul Potter ; The United States is an imperialistic force that must be defeated / Ho Chi Minh ; The United States must stop devastating Vietnam and cease its involvement in their civil war / French and Japanese scientists ; Television and print journalism eventually turn public opinion against the war / Andrew J. Huebner ; The United States has waged a criminal and imperialistic war in Vietnam / Shingo Shibata ; The United States lost the battle for the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese / Nguyen Cao Ky ; North Vietnam both won and lost the Vietnam War / Tai Sung An ; The Vietnam War is a parallel for the war in Afghanistan / Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason ; The war in Afghanistan is not like the Vietnam War / David Miliband

Controversies surrounding the Vietnam War

Personal narratives. A North Vietnamese man describes his decision to join the army / Nguyen Van Hoang, as told by David Chanoff and Doan Van Toai ; A young man explains his decision to resist the U.S. draft / Malcolm Dundas, as told by Alice Lynd ; An American woman justifies her protest of the Vietnam War / Ethel Taylor ; A U.S. pilot relates his experiences as a prisoner of war / Richard Bates, interviewed by Vera Clyburn.