The History Place
The History Place: The Vietnam War: Seeds of the Conflict, 1945 1960
This detailed chronology of the Vietnam War is part of a four-segment timeline on the conflict published by the History Place, a privately operated online publication. The site focuses on the events and decisions that eventually led to...
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In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Read excerpts from Robert McNamara's book "In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam", in his words, "the book I was never supposed to write".
Vassar College
Vassar: Wars for Viet Nam: Mc Namara Report to Kennedy
Text of memo recommending significant involvement by U.S. forces in Vietnam by one of the principal architects of the war, Robert S. McNamara.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: Nixon and the Pentagon Papers
This essay provides an in-depth explanation of the events surrounding the New York Times' publishing of the Pentagon Papers during Richard Nixon's presidency. Included are audio clips of conversations between Nixon and various members of...
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Japan News: The Night Hell Fell From the Sky
A powerful article written for a Japanese publication about an event rarely touched in World War 2 history. That is the fire bombing of Tokyo, which killed over 100,000 on March 10th, 1945. Students of the Cold War might recognize some...
Curated OER
President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert Mc Namara in 1964.
NPR considers the incidents and reporting surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident forty years after the actual event, a military encounter at sea that escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Curated OER
Bbc: World Wars in Depth: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis
An explanation of the events which occurred and attitudes which prevailed during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.