Vietnam War Summary

Vietnam: Follow-Up Study In the summer of 1971, the U.S. military forces in Vietnam were being rapidly reduced. To deplete the forces there quickly, many men were being sent home before the usual tour... Read more

Who Served in Vietnam? Approximately 2.5 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, but this figure tells only part of a complex and controversial story. At issue in the controversy is whether men w... Read more

The Agony of Vietnam The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a war like no other in American history. It was America's longest war: military advisors were in the country from 1954 until 1975, and ... Read more

[In the essay below, Jason outlines the major issues and trends in Vietnam War literature and its criticism.] There has always been a literature of war. The classical epics are among its early prot... Read more

[Hölbling is the author of The Discourse of War in Recent American Novels (1987). In the following essay, he discusses the different types of literary responses the Vietnam war has engendered a... Read more

[In the following essay, Durham discusses point-of-view in three novels about Vietnam veterans—Larry Heinemann's Paco's Story, Philip Caputo's Indian Country, and Bobbie An... Read more

[In the following essay, Whillock analyzes themes and images in Vietnam combat films and points out the disparities between these films and World War II combat films.] What should the Vietnam War ... Read more

[In the excerpt below, Hug discusses the links and correspondences between Vietnam War films and Hollywood westerns.] Film makers have often portrayed twentieth-century America at war in images rem... Read more

[In the following essay, Hidalgo focuses on language and sense-making in his discussion of Vietnam War poetry.] This is about the margins of the poem, as much as it is about the poem itself, at onc... Read more

In 1973 President Nixon promised the American people that his government had got them "the right kind of peace, a peace that would last." After the cease-fire agreement, almost all the US forces wit... Read more

The Vietnam war had many wonderful and not so wonderful effects on Australia during the period from 1965 to 1972. Australians were continually involved in protest movements that shaped political and c... Read more

     The United States of America and its people have endured many hardships and come through many difficult situations both on a battle field and otherwise.  Never have Americans ... Read more

In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam. Vietnam had 8 more years of French domination. The Vietnamese people are determined to mobilize to sacrifice their lives and properties in or... Read more

This year marks the forty-second anniversary of America's withdrawal from Vietnam. Scenes of that war are being relived as American troops proceed to fight yet another unjustified war, this time in ... Read more

In a deep, dark and dangerous Vietnamese jungle, a United States marine wades through the foggy undergrowth, wearing his countries flag with pride. Australians walk these parts to, fighting under a ca... Read more

People are labeled every day, even children in schools. They can be labeled smart kids, good kids and even bad kids. These labels are often given by a kids first appearance. It is very easy for the go... Read more

The Vietnamese War was a war of confusion, biasness, and competition (against the USSR). Results of the Vietnam War were tragic, thousands of lives lost, the brutal aftermath of chemicals such as Age... Read more

Vietnam war was also known as the second Indochina war, military struggled fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975 involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation front in conflict with U.S... Read more

The Vietnamese War was a war of confusion, biasness, and competition (against the USSR). Results of the Vietnam War were tragic, thousands of lives lost, the brutal aftermath of chemicals such as Agen... Read more

The Vietnam War was a psychological and physical battle for all the young men who were drafted or volunteered. Caputo's own reasons for volunteering illustrate the mentality for some of the men e... Read more

The Vietnam War, or the Second Indochina War, was fought from 1959 to 1975 in Vietnam. It involved North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front in disagreement with the United States forces and... Read more