Vietnam War

Robert McNamara, Vietnam War "Architect," Dies at Age 93
Robert McNamara, the man behind the curtain of the Vietnam War for both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died yesterday at the age of 93.

Vietnam War Timeline
The Vietnam War was a major conflict of the Cold war. It had a significant impact on world affairs. Here we take a look at its timeline.

Summary of Vietnam War - Vietnam War History
The Vietnam war was one of the major and bloodiest conflicts of the twentieth century. Read on to know more about it.

Facts of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, like most other wars, has had terrible costs for both the losers as well as the winners. Vietnam, the country on whose land this terrible war has taken place has suffered great damage to its ecosystem and it has taken years and years for it to re-grow. People have died, families have been hurt and no one was left happy with the after effects of this war.

Triumph Forsaken: Vietnam War 1954 - 1965
Book from Mark Moyar arguing for a new understanding of Vietnam War History...

Vietnam War Deserter Released to Return to Canada
A former Marine who fled to Canada during the Vietnam War was arrested while crossing the border into Idaho, and held while authorities debated whether to prosecute him. After a week, military officials decided to release him without a court martial and send him back to Canada.

The Fall of Saigon Remembered Thirty Years Later
April 30, 2005, marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which effectively put an end to the war in Vietnam.

Start of a War
Life of a soldier in the Vietnam War...Wrote this poem for a project in history; hope you people comment on it! :D

Facts of the Vietnam War-We Learned From That? Or Did We? Who Will You VOTE For?
Who? Do you, VOTE for? Who? Do you, allow to set the stakes and for what victory? If somebody asked you to defend them, would you? And if you would, just how far would that line go?

Facts About Vietnam War? Iraq? Gulf War? 25 Percent of Our Vets Sleep on the GROUND- VOTE for Caring
25% of our Vets sleep on the GROUND. As you honor them? Take pause... do not just walk past them.

Vietnam War Offers Lessons for Iraq, Says Bush
The American defeat in Vietnam holds lessons for the US in Iraq, the US president, George Bush, said today.

Bush Accepts Iraq-vietnam War Comparison
The escalating violence in Iraq could be compared to the 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam, which was a turning point in that war, the US president admitted last night.

Study Likens Veterans of Vietnam to Those in Iraq
Nearly a fifth of US veterans of the Vietnam war suffered post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point after the war ended in 1975.

Vietnam War Deserter Arrested 38 Years on
A man was being held in a US military prison yesterday for deserting from the marines 38 years ago after being caught on the American-Canadian border amid a new drive to track down Vietnam-era deserters.

Vietnam War 'deserter' Charged
In a possible message to would-be deserters in Iraq, the US marines have charged a pensioner for not going to war in Vietnam 40 years ago.

US Pays Debt at Last to Vietnam War Allies
Washington opens doors to thousands of Hmong refugees.

Old Foe Returns to Vietnam in Peace
Three decades after he fled by flying a helicopter out to an American aircraft carrier, the former wartime prime minister of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky, returned to his homeland as a tourist yesterday. Mr Ky, 73, a former fighter pilot and air force commander, was prime minister of the...

Vietnam Killing Spree Revelations Shock Us
Atrocity to rival My Lai is exposed - after 36 years. At the height of the Vietnam War, civilians were butchered by an army unit and the carnage was covered up. But this was not My Lai.

US used far more dioxin on Vietnam than it admitted
US troops sprayed far more dioxin over wartime Vietnam than they admitted at the time, according to new research.

A Chemical Weapon Used By the Us in the Vietnam War is Still Damaging New Generations
Nearly 30 years after the Vietnam war, a chemical weapon used by US troops is still exacting a hideous toll on each new generation. Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy report.