Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Cambodia
This resource gives facts and numbers regarding Cambodian history, including military, transnational issues, transportation, communication, economic, government, people and geography. It also includes maps and photos.
Other
Historycentral: The Events: A Chronology of Us Involvement in the Vietnam War
A timeline from 1961 to 1969 of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Each entry links to a brief description of the event.
Ohio State University
E History: America in Vietnam: The Fifteen Year War
An encompassing textbook on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. For teachers and students who wish to gain a deep understanding of the conlfict in its entirety.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Program for Communist of Indochina, 1930
This English translation of Ho Chi Minh's plan for the Communist Party of Indochina in 1930 provides a blueprint for his goal of the communist overthrow of the French colonial regime in Vietnam.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Manifesto of the Laodong Party
Ho Chi Minh wrote this manifesto in Februay 1951 to broaden his support among the working classes of Vietnam.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 21: Empathy and the Vietnam War
One of the most important aspects of the war in Vietnam was the draft. Every male upon reaching the age of eighteen was required to register with the selective service. Men found themselves willingly enlisting, trying for deferments as...
Other
Nixon Doctrine and Vietnamization
Essay summarizing the Nixon Doctrine and Vietnamization, policy which marked the beginning of the end of the Vietnam War.
Other
Lopez Books: Intro to Tim O'brien's Writing
This resource provides an overview of some of Tim O'Brien's most popular works.
University of Pennsylvania
Draft Resistance in the Vietnam Era
Analysis of number of men who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War, the types of evasion, and the reasons they gave for resisting.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon "The Great Silent Majority"
This is the text, audio, and video [31:58] of "The Great Silent Majority," a speech by President Nixon delivered November 3, 1969, concerning the Vietnam War.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Lyndon B. Johnson
The National Portrait Gallery explores presidents and the Cold War. Click on Lyndon B. Johnson to read about his actions during the Vietnam War, which Johnson saw as a block to Communist expansion. Watch a short video of Johnson's...
Smithsonian Institution
Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Bring the Troops Home
Annotated example of a poster produced by anti-Vietnam War activists serves as a useful resource for analyzing poster art as a form of protest.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Teaching Kids in Vietnam to Avoid a Deadly, Everyday Legacy of War
A learning module that begins with "Teaching Kids in Vietnam to Avoid a Deadly, Everyday Legacy of War" by Michael Sullivan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
CommonLit
Common Lit: In Danang, Where u.s. Troops First Landed, Memories of War
A learning module that begins with "In Danang, Where U.S. Troops First Landed, Memories of War Have Faded" by Michael Sullivan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Chasing Memories" in Their Refugee Camp 40 Years After Fleeing
A learning module that begins with "'Chasing Memories' in Their Refugee Camp 40 Years after Fleeing Vietnam" by Hansi Lo Wang, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Period 8: 1945 1980
This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 8: 1945-1980.
Other
More or Less: Heroes and Killers: Ho Chi Minh
A comprehensive biography of the Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. Organized in a timeline form which allows readers to jump different periods of his life quickly.
Other
The Progressive Magazine
Homepage of the national magazine for peace and social justice, THE PROGRESSIVE. Read recent news regarding social justice here.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: The Vietnam War
One of the most controversial proxy-wars of the Cold War was the Vietnam War. Lasting from 1955 to 1975, the North Vietnamese fought the South Vietnamese with the USSR's and America's respective support. This collection includes 9...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Inside Out & Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
In this novel based on her life, Ha and her family are living in Saigon when the Vietnam war forces her family to flee to Alabama. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "Inside Out & Back Again" by Thanhha Lai....
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Domestic Course of the War
Describes the domestic effect on American life of the Vietnam War. The economic impact is covered at the end of this piece.
Other
Ed Web: Work Camps Life and Death in the Farming Co Ops
Describes life on the farms and in the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge.
Digital History
Digital History: Vietnamization [Pdf]
Richard Nixon claimed to have a secret plan to end the Vietnam War when he was campaigning for president in 1968. See what that secret plan was and read about how it extended the war by another four years and galvanized anti-war...
Digital History
Digital History: The Tet Offensive [Pdf]
Read about the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War and the resulting escalation of American troops committed to the war. This led to increased American protest against the war, and President Johnson's decision not to run for re-election....