History
(JOHN - I didn't have time to check the links on this page.)
Critical Dates of the Viet Nam Conflict
[Dean of Language Arts John K. Swensson's Web page]
Tonkin Gulf
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Tonkin Gulf
["About History" web site: do a search on Tonkin Gulf -
will result in web sites on this subject]
Dien Bien Phu
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Senator John F. Kennedy, Speaking about Indochina, April 6, 1954
["I am frankly of the belief that no amount of American military
assistance in Indochina can conquer an enemy which is everywhere
and at the same time nowhere, "an enemy of the people" which has
the sympathy and covert support of the people."]
Ia Drang Valley
Khe Sanh
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Khe Sanh [map, personal accounts, chronology, statistics, links]
Tet Offensive
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TET OFFENSIVE, 1968: Turning Point in the Vietnam War [a link page]
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Gulf Of Tonkin Notebook [a link page]
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A Turning Point in the Vietnam War
[General Giap: "For us, there is no such thing as a single strategy.
Ours is always a synthesis, simultaneously military, political and diplomatic -
which is why quite clearly, the Tet offensive had multiple objectives."]
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
Son Tay Prison Raid
Long Tan
My Lai
The Fall of Saigon
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Saigon: the Final 10 Days [Time Magazine]
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Revising the History of the Fall of Saigon, by Mark McDonald
History and Reconciliation
[American Radio Works: Revisiting Vietnam]
Vietnam: A Country History
[lots of links about the country in general]
Veterans Now Guiding Troops Impart Painful Lessons
Vietnam Timeline Online: 1945-1997
Battlefield Vietnam [A PBS Web site]
Vietnam: 1954-1968 [A CNN Web site]
The Events: A Chronology of US Involvement in the Vietnam War
Documents Relating to Foreign Policy: Vietnam
Characteristics of the Vietnam War
National Liberation Front (NLF)
History: the Vietnam War [Information portal with many links]
The Vietnam War Declassification Project: April 2000