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.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The War in Vietnam
The Vietnam War encompassed many decades and many presidents. This site from Country Studies provides a brief, yet comprehensive, history of the war in Vietnam.
PBS
Pbs: Battlefield: Timeline: Vietnam
Timeline of important events affecting the battlefield during the Vietnam War from January 1, 1965, to the end of the war on April 30, 1975. You will need to click on Next at the bottom of the pages to view to the end. Click Back at the...
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...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Nixon, Vietnam, and the Cold War
Outline of later Vietnam War struggles during the Nixon era and U.S. relations with Communist countries.
Other
San Jose Mercury News: Vietnam, 30 Years Beyond the War
Launch any of three photo slideshows relating to the Vietnam War and its aftermath. The work of an American photojournalist who has visited Vietnam numerous times since 1989, the slideshows (one is captioned; one is vocalized) provide...
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.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk in History: Vietnam
Read a brief description of the escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War during the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
Digital History
Digital History: Exit Ngo Dinh Diem and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident [Pdf]
Much information is relayed about the United States' increased involvement in the Vietnam War, beginning with President Kennedy's tacit approval of the military coup in Vietnam in 1963. Read about the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in...
Stanford University
Stanford University: Lesson Plan on "Beyond Vietnam"
A well designed four part lesson plan on Dr. King's famous speech on the Vietnam War in which he came out against the war.
Ohio State University
E History at Osu: America in Vietnam: The Fifteen Year War
Read the complete text of history professor Dr. John Guilmartin's book America in Vietnam, which follows the Vietnam War from 1960 through the 1975 fall of Saigon.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Muhammad Ali's Activism and Moral Courage
In this lesson, students will analyze the ways Muhammad Ali protested the Vietnam War draft and racial inequity in America, and also how the American public responded. Students will examine how public perception of Ali's war resistance...
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.
A general in the US Army, he supervised the closing stages of the Vietnam War. Williams instituted the program of "Vietnamization," which was designed to turn the running of the war over to the South Vietnamese.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
This site, presented by Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids, describes and illustrates this impressive memorial dedicated to the veterans of the Vietnam War.
Vassar College
Vassar College: Excerpts From Paris Accords
Excerpts from the text of this cease-fire agreement. Read the full-text agreement that ended the Vietnam War.
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.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Lbj and Ho Chi Minh Letters
Two letters: one written by Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973 CE) to Ho Chi Minh and the other Minh's response. Johnson is testing the waters for a peace settlement while Minh insists that the Vietname War was provoked by the US and can only be...
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...
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....
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Years of Escalation: 1965 1968
Read about how American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which essentially gave President Lyndon Johnson the ability to do whatever he thought necessary to defeat the North Vietnamese.
Other
Nixon Doctrine and Vietnamization
Essay summarizing the Nixon Doctrine and Vietnamization, policy which marked the beginning of the end of the Vietnam War.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives Learning Curve: Cold War
Discusses different aspects of the Cold War such as "Did the Cold War really start in 1919-1939?" and "Was the Vietnam War a turning point in the Cold War?"
Curated OER
National Park Service: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Official information about the Vietnam War Memorial (the Wall) from the National Park Service.
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: The Tomb of the Unknowns
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery provides full coverage of information on the Tomb. Be sure to click on the Vietnam War hyperlink for the full story of the Vietnam War Unknown. Site also provides excellent pictures.
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