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| Vietnam and America: An Introduction | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Wages of War Michael Lind | |
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| The Necessary War Robert Mann | |
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| A Grand Delusion | |
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| French Colonial Rule and the Development of Vietnamese Nationalism | |
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| Documents | |
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| Jules Ferry Justifies French Colonial Expansion, 1884 | |
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| Phan Boi Chau Resolves to Continue Fighting for Vietnam's Freedom, 1914 | |
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| Ho Chi Minh Deplores "Imperialist Crimes," 1920 | |
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| Ho Calls for Revolution, 1930 | |
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| A Vietnamese Writer Recalls the 1944-1945 Famine, 1956 | |
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| Vietnam Declares Independence, 1945 | |
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| Essays | |
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| France's Imperial Dreams | |
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| Vietnam's Trauma Mark Philip Bradley | |
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| America's Symbolic Importance for Vietnamese Nationalists | |
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| The Roots of the American Commitment | |
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| Documents | |
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| George C. Marshall Expresses Concern About Indochina Dispute, 1947 | |
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| Statement of U.S. Policy Toward Indochina, 1948 | |
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| The United States Praises the Elys?e Agreements, 1949 | |
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| The State Department Recommends Military Aid to the French, 1950 | |
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| The National Security Council Identifies Important U.S. Security Interests in Indochina, 1950 | |
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| Dean Acheson Urges Aid for Indochina, 1950 | |
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| Ho Chi Minh Denounces U.S. Intervention, 1950 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Cold War Strategy and U.S. Intervention Mark Atwood Lawrence | |
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| The European Influence and America's Commitment to War in Vietnam | |
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ngo Dinh Diem, and the Deepening U.S. Commitment | |
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| Documents | |
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower Appeals for British Help, 1954 | |
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| Eisenhower Explains the Domino Theory, 1954 | |
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| Vo Nguyen Giap Assesses Dienbienphu's Importance (1954), 1964 | |
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| The Geneva Conference Signatories Issue Their Final Declaration, 1954 | |
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| South Vietnam Renounces Negotiations with North Vietnam, 1955 | |
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| Elbridge Durbrow Assesses the Diem Regime, 1957 | |
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| Ngo Dinh Diem Pledges to Continue Fighting Communism, 1957 | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Tragedy of U.S. Intervention Seth Jacobs | |
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| The Religious Roots of U.S. Support for Ngo Dinh Diem Gareth Porter | |
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| Exploiting U.S. Dominance | |
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| John F. Kennedy and Vietnam: Incremental Escalation | |
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| Documents | |
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| Maxwell Taylor Recommends the Dispatch of U.S. Forces, 1961 | |
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| Dean Rusk and Robert S. McNamara Present an Alternative Plan, 1961 | |
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| An Early U.S Army Adviser Remembers His Experiences (1962-1963), 1981 | |
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| Mike Mansfield Questions American Policy, 1962 | |
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| John F. Kennedy Criticizes the South Vietnamese Government, 1963 | |
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| Kennedy Reaffirms the Domino Theory, 1963 | |
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| Henry Cabot Lodge Discusses Coup Protests, 1963 | |
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| McGeorge Bundy Expresses Reservations, 1963 | |
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| Diem Makes a Desperate Appeal for U.S. Help, 1963 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Kennedy's Prudent and Cautious Policy Philip E. Catton | |
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| The Limits of U.S. Influence | |
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| Lyndon B. Johnson's Decisions for War | |
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| Documents | |
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| Robert S. McNamara Reassesses of U.S. Policy in South Vietnam, 1964 | |
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| Lyndon Johnson and Richard Russell Ruminate about the U.S. Dilemma in Vietnam, 1964 | |
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| The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964 | |
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| Lyndon B. Johnson Explains Why Americans Fight in Vietnam, 1965 | |
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| McNamara Recommends Escalation, 1965 | |
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| George Ball Dissents, 1965 | |
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| Philip Caputo Remembers His Idealism (1965), 1977 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Fear, Ambition, and Politics Fredrik Logevall, Choosing War | |
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| U.S. Military Strategy | |
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| Documents | |
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| Robert S. McNamara Urges Additional Troop Deployments, 1965 | |
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| George F. Kennan Criticizes the American Military Commitment, 1966 | |
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| William C. Westmoreland Reviews Military Operations in South Vietnam, 1966 | |
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| The Central Intelligence Agency Critiques the Bombing Campaign, 1967 | |
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| McNamara Sees an Improved Military Outlook, 1967 | |
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| Westmoreland Defends the Attrition Strategy, 1977 | |
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| Westmoreland Reflects on the Vietnam War's Meaning, 2003 | |
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| Essays | |
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| An Unwinnable War John A. Nagl | |
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| The Failure of Counterinsurgency Warfare | |
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| Americans in Combat | |
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| Documents | |
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| A Cross-Generational Conversation About Joining the Army | |
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| "Dear Mom," 1966 | |
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| Infantryman Salvador Gonzalez's Letter Home, 1969 | |
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| A Soldier's Perspective on Combat in Vietnam, 1977 | |
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| Herbert Carter Testifies About the My Lai Massacre, 1969 | |
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| Varnado Simpson Testifies About the My Lai Massacre, 1969 | |
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| Colin Powell Remembers His Two Tours of Duty in Vietnam, 1995 | |
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| Robert Conner Reflects on His Vietnam Experience, 1993 | |
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| Essays | |
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| A Working Class War Gerard J. DeGroot | |
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| A Grunt's Life | |
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| The Enemy: North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front | |
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| Documents | |
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| Ho Chi Minh Rallies His Supporters After the Geneva Agreements, 1954 | |
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| Truong Nhu Tang on the Origins of the National Liberation Front (1957-1959), 1985 | |
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| The National Liberation Front Issues Its Manifesto, 1960 | |
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| A Vietcong Recruit Explains Why He Joined the Revolution (1961), 1986 | |
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| A South Vietnamese Peasant Girl Becomes a Vietcong Supporter (c. 1961), 1989 | |
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| Vo Nguyen Giap Celebrates People's War, 1961 | |
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| Nguyen Chi Thanh Outlines Communist Strategy, 1963 | |
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| Ho Vows to "Fight Until Complete Victory," 1966 | |
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| Essays | |
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| North Vietnam's Diplomatic Strategy Robert K. Brigham | |
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| The Role and Significance of the National Liberation Front | |
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| The Tet Offensive | |
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| Documents | |
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| The CIA Offers an Early Assessment of the Tet Offensive, 1968 | |
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| A North Vietnamese Officer Reconstructs the Attack on a U.S. Marine Base (1968), 2003 | |
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| Robert F. Kennedy Calls Vietnam an Unwinnable War, 1968 | |
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| Walter Cronkite Criticizes a Policy "Mired in Stalemate," 1968 | |
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| Senior U.S. Officials Weigh Policy Options, 1968 | |
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| North Vietnam's Communist Party Evaluates the Successes and Failures of the Offensive, 1968 | |
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| A U.S. Air Force Nurse Remembers the Tet Offensive (1968), 1987 | |
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| Robert Komer Recalls Tet's Impact (1968), 1987 | |
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| Clark M. Clifford Remembers His Post-Tet Questions (1968), 1969 | |
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| Johnson Calls for Negotiations, 1968 | |
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| Essays | |
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| A Crippling Defeat for the United States William Hammond | |
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| Tet and the Media | |
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| Richard M. Nixon's Strategy for Withdrawal | |
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| Documents | |
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| Henry A. Kissinger Reflects on the Nixon Administration's Dilemma in Vietnam (1969), 1979 | |
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| Richard M. Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu Discuss U.S.-South Vietnamese Relations, 1969 | |
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| Nixon Warns About the Consequences of a U.S. Defeat in Vietnam, 1969 | |
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| Nixon Appeals for Soviet Help in Ending the Vietnam War, 1969 | |
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| A Guerrilla Leader Remembers 1969 as the "Worst Year" (1969), 1986 | |
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| Nixon Advocates Vietnamization, 1969 | |
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| Le Duc Tho Lectures Kissinger About North Vietnamese Determination, 1970 | |
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| Nixon Justifies the Cambodian Incursion, 1970 | |
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| Henry A. Kissinger Reveals the U.S. Negotiating Position, 1972 | |
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| The Provisional Revolutionary Government States Its Negotiating Position, 1972 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Nixon's Flawed Search for Peace Lewis Sorley | |
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| A Better War | |
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| The Antiwar Movement and Public Opinion | |
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| Documents | |
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| Students for a Democratic Society Opposes the War, 1965 | |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr., Declares His Opposition to the War, 1967 | |
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| Women's Statement of Conscience, 1967 | |
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| Proclamation of the Antidraft Resistance, 1967 | |
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| A Popular Protest Song, 1967 | |
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| James Fallows Reflects on the Draft's Inequities (1969), 1975 | |
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| A Veteran Remembers His Bitter Homecoming, 1981 | |
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| A Vietnam Veteran Opposes the War, 1971 | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Peace Movement on the Campuses Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones | |
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| Woman and Antiwar Activism Adam Garfinkle | |
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| Movement Myths | |
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| The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 and the Fall of South Vietnam | |
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| Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger Discuss South Vietnam's Fate, 1972 | |
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| Richard M. Nixon Reassures Nguyen Van Thieu, 1973 | |
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| The Paris Peace Accords, 1973 | |
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| Henry A. Kissinger Appeals to Congress for Emergency Aid, 1975 | |
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| James R. Schlesinger, Jr., Recalls the Collapse of South Vietnam (1975), 1987 | |
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| A South Vietnamese Pilot Reflects on His Country's Defeat (1975), 1990 | |
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| A South Vietnamese Civilian Remembers His Last Days in Saigon (1975), 1990 | |
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| A North Vietnamese General Celebrates the "Great Spring Victory" (1975), 1977 | |
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| Nixon Blames Congress for the Fall of South Vietnam (1975), 1978 | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Betrayal of South Vietnam Pierre Asselin | |
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| A Doomed Agreement | |
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| International Dimensions of the War | |
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| Documents | |
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| French President Charles de Gaulle's Statement on Vietnam, 1963 | |
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| Secretary of State Dean Rusk and French Ambassador Herv? | |
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| Alphand Discuss U.S.-French Differences over Vietnam Policy, 1964 | |
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| The Johnson Administration Assesses the Attitudes of Allied and Nonaligned Nations, 1964 | |
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| British Prime Minister Harold Wilson Warns President Lyndon B. Johnson about the Perils of Escalation, 1965 | |
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| Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson Calls for a U.S. Bombing Halt, 1965 | |
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| Mao Zedong Exhorts His North Vietnamese Allies, 1965 | |
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| Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt Expresses Firm Support for U.S. Policy, 1966 | |
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| Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Declares That the Vietnam War Must End, 1966 | |
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| Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin Explains Moscow's Reaction to the North Vietnamese Offensive (1972), 1995 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Frank Costigliola | |
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| The Vietnam War and the Challenges to American Power in Europe Qiang Zhai | |
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| China's Crucial Role | |
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| Legacies and Memories of a War | |
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| Documents | |
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| Gerald R. Ford on the Lessons of Vietnam, 1975 | |
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| Jimmy Carter Sees a "Profound Moral Crisis," 1977 | |
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| Ronald Reagan Calls Vietnam a Noble and Just Cause, 1988 | |
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| An American Veteran Helps to Dedicate the Vietnam War Memorial (1982), 1985 | |
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| An African-American Draftee Reflects on the War's Impact, 1984 | |
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| A Former Army Nurse Considers the War's Impact, 1987 | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Impact of Vietnam on America's World Role Arnold R. Isaacs | |
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| Competing Memories Robert D. Schulzinger | |
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| Viewing Foreign and Military Policy Through the Prism of Vietnam*************** | |