Thứ Tư, 30 tháng 5, 2012

The Vietnam War Resources (Part1)



Martin Kelly, editor of the American History guide on About.com, has created a good starting point for finding information on the Vietnam War that includes links to basic information such as the My Lai Massacre, the Paris Peace Accords, and Kent State among other topics of interest. See also About.com's Guide to Military History which includes numerous links to information on the war as well as a list of the articles published in Vietnammagazine each month.

The American Experience: War Letters
Based on the book by Andrew Carroll, War Letters reveals personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, including the Vietnam War, and includes accounts of famous battles, declarations of love, "Dear John" letters from home, and more. The accompanying wesite 
 provides a comprehensive description of the film and a transcript, a timeline of U.S. military actions and wars from 1775 to the present, excerpts of letters from Carroll's book, and a teachers guide section grouped into categories of history, economics, geography, and civics. Additionally, for those interested in letter preservation, the site also provides tips on how to keep letters safe.

The American Experience: Vietnam Online
Program transcripts and other documents, designed to accompany the WGBH seriesVietnam: A Television History, aired on PBS and based on Stanley Karnow'sVietnam: A History, are available at The American Experience site. The site includes a fact sheet, minibiographies of the major participants, chronology, reflections by Americans and Vietnamese, essays, a reference section, and glossary. See also, Vietnam: A Teacher's Guide and Karnow: A Review

Army Security Agency Homepage and Online History: The Vietnam War
Included on this useful site are documents relating to the U.S. Army in Vietnam, the electronic battlefield, special forces, a history of the NVA, biographies of General Giap, Jane Fonda, Hanoi Hannah, Australian and New Zealand forces in Vietnam, a history of Air America, glossary, and a history of the Medal of Honor. 

Battlefield Vietnam
Part of the PBS websiteBattlefield Vietnam provides a brief history of the war, a timeline, overviews of the Viet Cong, guerilla warfare, and the air war over Vietnam, information on the battle at Khe Sanh, and a list of other PBS resources on Vietnam and the Vietnam War.
The Causes of the Vietnam War
Andrew J. Rotter's essay on the causes of the Vietnam War from The Oxford Companion to American Military History provide a good overview of events and thinking leading up to the war. For additional information, see Vietnam War: Causes & Early Years.
CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes 1962-1968
The Center for the Study of Intelligence Website provides access to a discussion of some of the controversies surrounding the Vietnam War including whether or not General Westmoreland accurately estimated the size of enemy forces in Vietnam (Distortions of Intelligence 1962-1963), CIA judgments on President Johnson's decision to "go big" in Vietnam (1963-1965), and the CIA, the order-of-battle controversy, and the Tet Offensive (1967-1968). Also included is a discussion on the lessons to be learned about the intelligence/policymaking relationship.

CNN: The Cold War
CNN's documentary series on the Cold War views this period of history from "Yalta to Malta" and includes interactive maps, rare archival footage online, information about the key figures, recently declassified documents, and a tour of Cold War capitals through 3-D images, and an educator's guide. Episode 11 focuses on the Vietnam War and includes a treasure trove of articles and war information plus interviews with Vietnam War veteran and noted author Philip Caputo, Vietnamesegeneral Vo Nguyen Giap, U.S. general William Westmoreland, and former Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara. See also National Archives Learning Curve: Cold Warand A Trip Through the Cold War.

E-History's The Vietnam War
This very useful site for historical research on the Web provides a section on the Vietnam War that includes information on books and videos, as well as providing maps, oral histories, and essays and papers on various aspects of the war.
Estimative Products on Vietnam, 1948-1975
This collection of CIA declassified estimative products is the first such release by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of documents exclusively on the Vietnam war and is one of the largest such releases as of 2005. Of the 174 documents that comprisethe collection, 38 appear at least in part on this site as selected Vietnam NIEs (National Intelligence Council), and all are on a companion compact disk in their entirety. The intent is to add to the scholarship of the period and to make the documents more readily accessible to the general public.

The Evolution of U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Vietnam
Ray T. Garza traces the post-World War II thinking and strategy that lead to the foreign policy that guided the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the failure of containment, and the end of the Johnson administration. For additional information on U.S. foreign policy, see:
The Fall of SaigonThe Nando Times Online Weekly Lesson provides a good introduation to the events surrounding the Fall of Saigon with links to other relevant sites. Other, websites dealing with Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon, Include:
Bitter Passage: Kent State & the Fall of SaigonFall of Saigon Marine AssociationFall of Saigon Stories Fall of Saigon Stories (www.vietmemorial.org)
In Pictures: The Fall of Saigon (BBC)
The Last Vietnam SDV Operation Off the USS Tunny

Memories of the Fall of Saigon (CBS)
NewsHour Extra: Fall of Saigon Stories
25th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (MSNBC)
25th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (this site)
U.S.S. Benjamin Stoddert

U.S.S. Handcock Vietnam Era Gallery
Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace (PBS)
Free Speech Movement Digital Archive
The Free Speech Movement that began on the Berkeley campus of th University of California in 1964 began a groundswell of student protests and campus-based social activism that would later spread across the United States for the remainder of the decade. With a substantial gift from Stephen M. Silberstein in the late 1990s, theUniversity of California Berkeley Library began an ambitious program to document the role of those students and other participants who gave a coherent and organized voice to the Free Speech Movement. The primary documents provided here are quite extensive and include transcriptions of legal defense documents, leaflets passed out by members of the movement, letters from administrators and faculty members regarding the movement and student unrest, and oral histories. The site also provided a detailed bibliography to material dealing with the movement and a chronology of key events within its early history. Perhaps the most engaging part of the site is the Social Activism Sound Recording Project, which features numerous audio clips of faculty and academic senate debates, student protests, and discussions that were recorded during this period.
Fuelling the War
Louis Wesseling, author of Fuelling the War was president of Shell Oil in Vietnam during the final days of the war. His book is an unusual eye witness account of social and economic conditions in the last three years (1972-75) of the Republic of South Vietnam with thumbnail sketches of the most important U.S. and Vietnameseofficials. The website provides information about the book and includes links to sites related to the topics covered in his book.

A Few Good Men
A Dateline NBC interactive feature, A Few Good Men discusses what happened to a U.S. Marine company during the 1967 battle of Khe Sanh in Vietnam and the effect the experience had on their lives. The story is reported by Dennis Murphy. The site includes a description of the battle, the story of some of the soldiers' who participated, a list of U.S. Senators who served in Vietnam, and links to Vietnam-related web sites.

General Nguyen Van Hieu's Web Page
This website describes the life of ARVN General Hieu, his military exploits, and his death. Photographs are included. Additional information about the General in addition to book reviews and ordering information can be found on the website by Tin Nguyen.

Historic-Battles.com
Historic-Battles.com is an interesting wargamaing website containing informative and entertaining presentations on battles fought in American history. The site includes an online forum, an art gallery, publications, a useful search feature, and related links.
The History Channel
The History Channel is a useful site for finding information the Vietnam War. Enter the term Vietnam War or Vietnam Conflict (or other terms related to the war) in the search box to access the sites many resources
. In addition, several DVDs about the war are available including:
Bloody Sieges Of Khe Sahn & Con Thien: Miscalculation in Vietnam 
Deadly Reckoning--In the final battle of the Vietnam War, Marines sought to recover a ship captured by Cambodian pirates.
Ermey's Vietnam-- R. Lee Ermey returns to Vietnam for the first time in 25 years.
Forward Air Controllers
Huey Helicopter: Air Armada
Jungle Ambush--An account of the deadliest single incident in the history of the Special Forces.
LBJ And Vietnam: In The Eye Of The Storm
The Personal Experience: Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam
Special Ops With John Milius--The youngest soldier to take part in the Son Tay Raid remembers his experience.
The Tet Offensive
The Tunnel Rats
Unsung Heroes: Unsung Heroes: The Battle Of Khe Sanh
Vietnam: A Soldier's Diary
Vietnam: How We Went to War
--an in-depth look at the policies and social forces that led America into the longest conflict in its history.
Vietnam: On The Frontlines--The soldiers who fought it and the journalists who covered it tell their personal stories.
Vietnam Dilemma: Tet And The Anti-War Movement
Vietnam Gunboats

The War Memorials
For more information, see The History Channel's store.
The History NetAbout.com's History Net provides an interesting selection of articles on all aspects of U.S. and world history and is continually updated. An article index is provided and numerous articles and personal accounts about the Vietnam War are included. A site search engine is provided, and an e-mail newsletter is available. Additional informationon the Vietnam War can be found in on line encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia.com and Britannica.com (type the term Vietnam War in the search box).

The History Place: The Vietnam War
The History Place website provides a study of the United States in Vietnam 1945-1975 including comprehensive timelines with quotes and analysis and information on Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Conference, Diem's Downfall, the Gulf of Tonkin, Rolling Thunder, Khe Sanh, the Tet Offensive, My Lai, the Democratic Convention in Chicago, Hamburger Hill, Cambodia, Kent State, the Pentagon Papers, and the end of the war. The site is divided into four sections: Seeds of Conflict (1945-1960),America Commits (1961-1964)The Jungle War (1965-1968), and The Bitter End (1969-1975). A photograph slide show is also included.

The John Birch Society and the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, the John Birch Society reported extensively on how American soldiers were prevented from winning the war, how the U.S. government knowingly abandoned thousands of POW/MIAs, and on other issues. Most of the material posted on the website was written during the war. The site also includes various quotes from recent books written by Vietnam veterans to substantiate what the organization reported at the time of the war.

Kent State University Library's May 4th Collections
The library at Kent State University provides an archive commemorating the deaths of four of its students during an anti-war demonstration on May 4, 1970. Alan Canfora's Kent State Massacre website provides a wealth of information including photographs, excerpts of FBI investigation reports, recommended and not-recommended books, and a variety of useful and interesting links, particularly to information about the famous Kent State photograph of Mary Vecchio. Alan Canfora was one of the students wounded at Kent State and provides a chilling account of the shootings. For additional information related to Kent State see:
Khe Sanh Declassified Documents
This impressive site includes over 350 declassified documents relating to Khe Sanh from the LBJ Library, including memos to the president and the papers of W. W. Rostow and William Westmoreland. Site developer Ray Anderson accumulated and purchased the documents after doing research on his unit and decided to put them on the net for students, authors and researchers who couldn't go to library in Austin, Texas. The paper copies are now part of the 4,000+ documents in the 109th Quartermaster Company (Air Delivery) donation at the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech in Lubbock and cover the period June 1967 to June 1968, before and during Tet 1968. See also:
The Battle for Khe SanhThe Battle of Khe SanhBattlefield Vietnam: Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh: A Walk in the Clouds
Khe Sanh Combat Base Khe Sanh Hill Fights of '76Khe Sanh Veterans Home PageThe Hill Battles at Khe SanhRemembrances of Khe Sanh
Lies, Deceit and Hypocricy
Norwegian journalist Kristian Kahrs' study of the role of journalists in the Vietnam War, 1962-63, provides an interesting and useful perspective on war reporting and the reaction it had in Washington. Notes and a bibliography are included.

The Long Way Home Project
The Long Way Home Project is a four-part interactive documentary film series for television aimed at correcting distortions in the presentation of the war in the media and in the teaching of the war. The films feature candid interviews with some of the most important surviving players of the period including Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger, General William J. McCaffrey, and Ambassador Charles E. Whitehouse. Pulitzer-prize nominated historian and author Dr. Lewis Sorley provides insight and commentary to the films which include many never-before-seen photos and top-secret documents as well as inside look at the soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. The accompanying website includes an introduction explaining the nature of the project, a list of episodes in the series, veterans' and filmmaker's stories, a valuable section of statistics and references.

Military Analysis Network: The Vietnam War
This site is part of the Federation of American Scientists website. The FAS, a privately-funded, non-profit policy organization, is engaged in analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy concerning global security. The section on the Vietnam War analyzes military tactics and policy during the war, statistics, and links to websites and documents for further study.

Military Police of the Vietnam War
This photo-rich website, created by Jim Stewart, is a tribute to the military police who served in Vietnam. The site provides photographs of the men who served with accompanying stories about them, giving a real flavor of the times. In addition, a very useful links page is included.
The Military Studio Link Directory
Website author Jack Walters, a Vietnam veteran, is working to build a comprehensive theme-catagorized military link directory. This is a very useful place to begin looking for military information and includes a growing number of annotated links relating to the Vietnam War. Categories available include links to websites relating to active duty, aircraft, bases and installations, commissary and PX, general military and government sites, K-9 dogs, medical information, military art, books, music, museums and monuments, and more. Walters' home page includes a link to a gallery of wonderful photographs taken during his tour in Vietnam.
The Missed Opportunities
On June 20, 1997, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara led an American delegation to Hanoi for a conference to discuss the missed opportunities to end the Vietnam War. Mr. McNamara said the mission was to heal wounds of the war and to help future generations with lessons from history. Missed Opportunitieswas a project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies in collaboration with Hanoi's Institute for International Relations. Critical Oral History: The American War in Vietnam is a current project of the Watson Institute. For additional information on the conference and on Robert McNamara, see also:
Hanoi Conference Agenda
McNamara's In Retrospect: A Pro Forma Mea Culpa
The Pentagon PapersRevisiting a Lost Cause
U.S., Vietnam Examine Why Peace Was Elusive
The National Archives has recently created this valuable online database that contains close to 50 million historical records, culled from 350 archival sources from 20 different federal agencies. Some sources include the Japanese-American Internee File, the Community Action Program Grant Master Files, and the Civil War Sites Database. From the homepage, visitors can learn about the architecture of the database, read about the terminology used on the site (and in the archives more generally), and how to get help using the archives. To begin, users will want to select a file unit, which are divided by subject, geography, organization, time span, and creator (such as civilian or military agency). After making this selection, a list of relevant file units will be returned, and users can select the one that is most germane to their area of interest. At this point, users can perform a more detailed search within the particular database they have selected. When users have found the information they are looking for, they have the option to view the records, print them out, or copy them to their own computer. Overall, this is an important addition to the extensive number of federal data sets available online.
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