The Vietnamese:
Vietnam War

Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Other Side
An intense collection of images, many never seen before, from the cameras of North Vietnamese photographers. Each included photographer has a chapter highlighting his personal stories and captivating pictures.

April Fools
by George W. Schwarz
Relates the suffering of the Vietnamese during evacuations, 1972-1975 period. Schwarz worked for American companies in Vietnam during the war.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
Bao Dai
Emperor of Vietnam.
Catfish and Mandala: A 2 Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew X. Pham
The son of Vietnamese parents who suffered terribly during the Vietnam War and brought their family to America when he was 10, Pham, on the cusp of his 30s, defied his parents' conservative hopes for him and his engineering career by becoming a poorly paid freelance writer. After the suicide of his sister, he set off on an even riskier path to travel some of the world on his bicycle. In the grueling, enlightening year that followed, he pedaled through Mexico, the American West Coast, Japan, and finally his far-off first land, Vietnam.

Children of Vietnam War 1969-70
Contains some of the award-winning photographs of the exhibit "Children of Vietnam War", a part of the permanent collection of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Background, Oral History Project, Photo Album, and Important Links.

Colonel Ngo The Linh Website
Honoring a Vietnamese Special Forces Commander and all Vietnamese heroes who fought and died for Freedom and Democracy in Vietnam.

The Cu Chi Tunnels
During the war in Vietnam, thousands of people in the Vietnamese province of Cu Chi lived in an elaborate system of underground tunnels. Originally built in the time of the French colonial occupation, the tunnels were enlarged during the American presence.

Decent Interval
by Frank Snepp
April 29, 1975: the evacuation of Saigon. It’s every man for himself; thousands of panic-stricken Vietnamese clawing at the Embassy gates, begging not to be left behind as the last of the Americans save themselves.

Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
Ho Chi Minh's Speech, Ba Dinh Square, September 2, 1945


Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot
by Howard R. Simpson
The fall of Dien Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina and opened the way to US commitment to the area (and to US mistakes of a similar nature). Simpson -- former US consul general, novelist, and writer on defense matters -- was there as a USIA correspondent. His account, on the 40th anniversary of the battle, is personal, and includes many of his photos as well as photos from the Foreign Legion archives.

Pham Van Dong
North Vietnamese leader.

The Easter Offensive: Vietnam, 1972
by G. H. Turley, James Webb
The largest North Vietnamese offensive mounted in the history of the war.


Enemy Aircraft Shot Down by Naval Aviators in Southeast Asia, 1965 - 1973

Fire in the Lake
by Frances Fitzgerald
This Pulitzer Prize-winning 1973 classic looks at U.S. intervention from the vantage point of Vietnamese culture and society.

From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War and its Aftermath
by Philip Mahony (Editor)
"Wanting to revive awareness of the Vietnam War, which he sees slipping into oblivion because Americans would rather not talk about it, Philip Mahony has crafted a new kind of war-poetry anthology. He has chosen poems by both Americans and Vietnamese; by both adults involved in the fighting and children, now grown, who were displaced by it; and by both combatants and protesters." --Booklist

Vo Nguyen Giap
North Vietnam's great military leader.

Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
by Bernard B. Fall
The 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army, convincing the Viet Minh that similar tactics might prevail in battle with the U.S.

General Hieu's Page
This Homepage is dedicated to General Hieu of the Armed Forces of Viet Nam - an incorruptible, virtuous and competent General; with the hope that it would indirectly boost up the morale of all soldiers of the ARVN who had sacrificed their prime lives to the just cause of their beloved country.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a complex web of different jungle paths that enabled communist troops to travel from North Vietnam to areas close to Saigon.

Indochina's Refugees: Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
by Joanna C. Scott
This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their lives were like before 1975, what happened after the Communist takeover that made them decide to flee their native countries, and how they escaped. The storytellers (housewife, Amerasian child, schoolteacher, government clerk, military officer, security agent, Buddhist monk, artist) create a broad and moving picture of the new realities of contemporary Indochina.

Mai Pham
Mai Pham is the chef and owner of Lemon Grass Restaurant in Sacramento, California, a nationally acclaimed restaurant featuring Vietnamese and Thai cuisine. A respected expert on Southeast Asian Cuisine, she writes for national publications, conducts cooking classes and seminars, and serves as a consultant to various food organizations throughout the U.S. Mai came to the U.S. with her family after the fall of Saigon in 1975.

Nguyen Cao Ky
A career soldier and politician in South Vietnam.

Major General Nguyen Van Hieu
by Tin Nguyen, Raymond R. Battreall
Meet one of the most gallant warriors of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. This biography depicts ARVN Major General Hieu under different facets: his personal life, his military career, his military exploits, and his unjust death. It reveals General Hieu as an unsung hero, whose tactical and strategic skills put him among the best soldiers of modern times, at par with General Rommel of Germany, Patton of the United States, Montgomery of England and Leclerc of France.

The Montagnards
"America's most loyal allies in Vietnam."

Novel Without a Name
by Duong Thu Huong
"Vietnamese novelist Huong, who has been imprisoned for her political beliefs, presents the story of a disillusioned soldier in a book that was banned in her native country." --Publishers Weekly

Peace Proposal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
of the Republic of South Viet Nam

July 1, 1971

Road to the United States: Part 1
by Bright Quang
Those who dare to take a stand and act on their beliefs often find themselves in a lonely place, subjected to ridicule and persecution. Bright has traveled that road for most of his life, from his war-torn homeland of Vietnam to the shores of America.

Road to the United States: Part 2
by Bright Quang


The Sorrow of War
by Bao Ninh
Kien, the protagonist of this rambling and sometimes nearly incoherent but emotionally gripping account of the Vietnam war, is a 10-year veteran whose experiences bear a striking similarity to those of the author, a Hanoi writer who fought with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade.

Nguyen Van Thieu
President of South Vietnam.

Vietnamization
President Nixon's plan to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war.

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
by Le Ly Hayslip
A Vietnamese woman describes her journey from war-torn central Vietnam to the United States, recounting how she endured imprisonment, torture, rape, near-starvation, and the deaths of members of her family.

 
Vietnam War Screenplays

 

VietnamWar.net

 

Download Movies at Amazon

 

Memorable Quotations Store at Amazon

 

 

VietnamWar.net
 

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 1

 

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 2

 

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 3

 

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 4

 


 

 
The Literary Hootch, Part 1
The Literary Hootch, Part 2
The Literary Hootch, Part 3
Vietnam War History, Part 1
Vietnam War History, Part 2
Vietnam War History, Part 3
Vietnam War History, Part 4
 

Vietnam War Research Material, Part 1

Vietnam War Research Material, Part 2
Vietnam War Research Material, Part 3
Vietnam War Research Material, Part 4
 

Vietnam War Humor

The Media
 

Vietnam War Quiz

Vietnam War Quotations
 

Allies

Anti-War
 

Political and Government Figures

Trips to Vietnam
 

The Vietnamese

Women
 

Vietnam War Films

Vietnam War Fiction
 

Women Writers

Vietnam War Short Stories
 

Military Leaders

Vietnam War Documentaries
 

Memorials

Organizations
 

Vietnam War Poetry

The Wall
 

African-American Soldiers

Vietnam War Books, Part 1
 

Vietnam War Books, Part 2

World War II Films (Part 1)
 

World War II Films (Part 2)

 

Vietnam War Snapshots
 

Bonjour Vietnam

Memories Are Like Clouds
 

A Saigon Party:
And Other Vietnam War Short Stories

General Creighton Abrams
 

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

Bao Dai
 

McGeorge Bundy

Ellsworth Bunker
 

Declaration of Independence
of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
Ho Chi Minh's Speech,
Ba Dinh Square, September 2, 1945

 

Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Peace Proposal

Pham Van Dong
 

DRVN

Military-Industrial Complex Speech,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
 

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential Press Conference, April 7, 1954

Eisenhower's Letter of Support
to Ngo Dinh Diem
 

President Ford's Speech
on the Fall of Vietnam, 24 April 1975

French Indochina
 

J. William Fulbright Testifies
on China and Vietnam, 1966

Vo Nguyen Giap
 

A History of the 58th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog)

The Ho Chi Minh Trail
 

Inaugural Address,
President John F. Kennedy,
Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961

 

President Lyndon B. Johnson's Address
at Johns Hopkins University:
"Peace Without Conquest" April 7, 1965
 

President Johnson on U.S. Aims in Vietnam

Nguyen Cao Ky
 

Edward Lansdale

Letter from President Nixon
to President Nguyen Van Thieu
of the Republic of Vietnam
January 5, 1973
 

Richard Milhous Nixon's
First Inaugural Address,
January 20, 1969

President Nixon's
"Silent Majority" Speech
 

Excerpts from the Paris Accords

Peace Proposal
of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
of the Republic of South Viet Nam
 

South Vietnam

Oliver Stone
 

Nguyen Van Thieu

Vietnamization
 

A Shot and a Wound
by David A. Willson

Another Vietnam War Story or Two
by David A. Willson
 

The Assault
by J.E. Colussi

That Year In Saigon:
A Screenplay
 

Barbie and Ken
Experience the War

A Pedicab Driver
Peddles Through History
 

A CIA Hired Wife
Bares Her Soul

The Vietnamese Rock Star
Interview on AFVN
 

Yolanda's Favorite Beggar

Saigon Rumors
General Westmoreland's Houseboy
(and VC Spy) Talks
 

The Library Card

A Saigon Warrior's Journal
 

World History & Culture on DVD

VietnamWar.net
http://www.vietnamwar.net

 

The Vietnamese:
Vietnam War
 

Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Other Side
An intense collection of images, many never seen before, from the cameras of North Vietnamese photographers. Each included photographer has a chapter highlighting his personal stories and captivating pictures.

April Fools
by George W. Schwarz
Relates the suffering of the Vietnamese during evacuations, 1972-1975 period. Schwarz worked for American companies in Vietnam during the war.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
Bao Dai
Emperor of Vietnam.
Catfish and Mandala: A 2 Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew X. Pham
The son of Vietnamese parents who suffered terribly during the Vietnam War and brought their family to America when he was 10, Pham, on the cusp of his 30s, defied his parents' conservative hopes for him and his engineering career by becoming a poorly paid freelance writer. After the suicide of his sister, he set off on an even riskier path to travel some of the world on his bicycle. In the grueling, enlightening year that followed, he pedaled through Mexico, the American West Coast, Japan, and finally his far-off first land, Vietnam.

Children of Vietnam War 1969-70
Contains some of the award-winning photographs of the exhibit "Children of Vietnam War", a part of the permanent collection of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Background, Oral History Project, Photo Album, and Important Links.

Colonel Ngo The Linh Website
Honoring a Vietnamese Special Forces Commander and all Vietnamese heroes who fought and died for Freedom and Democracy in Vietnam.

The Cu Chi Tunnels
During the war in Vietnam, thousands of people in the Vietnamese province of Cu Chi lived in an elaborate system of underground tunnels. Originally built in the time of the French colonial occupation, the tunnels were enlarged during the American presence.

Decent Interval
by Frank Snepp
April 29, 1975: the evacuation of Saigon. It’s every man for himself; thousands of panic-stricken Vietnamese clawing at the Embassy gates, begging not to be left behind as the last of the Americans save themselves.

Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
Ho Chi Minh's Speech, Ba Dinh Square, September 2, 1945


Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot
by Howard R. Simpson
The fall of Dien Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina and opened the way to US commitment to the area (and to US mistakes of a similar nature). Simpson -- former US consul general, novelist, and writer on defense matters -- was there as a USIA correspondent. His account, on the 40th anniversary of the battle, is personal, and includes many of his photos as well as photos from the Foreign Legion archives.

Pham Van Dong
North Vietnamese leader.

The Easter Offensive: Vietnam, 1972
by G. H. Turley, James Webb
The largest North Vietnamese offensive mounted in the history of the war.


Enemy Aircraft Shot Down by Naval Aviators in Southeast Asia, 1965 - 1973

Fire in the Lake
by Frances Fitzgerald
This Pulitzer Prize-winning 1973 classic looks at U.S. intervention from the vantage point of Vietnamese culture and society.

From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War and its Aftermath
by Philip Mahony (Editor)
"Wanting to revive awareness of the Vietnam War, which he sees slipping into oblivion because Americans would rather not talk about it, Philip Mahony has crafted a new kind of war-poetry anthology. He has chosen poems by both Americans and Vietnamese; by both adults involved in the fighting and children, now grown, who were displaced by it; and by both combatants and protesters." --Booklist

Vo Nguyen Giap
North Vietnam's great military leader.

Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
by Bernard B. Fall
The 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army, convincing the Viet Minh that similar tactics might prevail in battle with the U.S.

General Hieu's Page
This Homepage is dedicated to General Hieu of the Armed Forces of Viet Nam - an incorruptible, virtuous and competent General; with the hope that it would indirectly boost up the morale of all soldiers of the ARVN who had sacrificed their prime lives to the just cause of their beloved country.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a complex web of different jungle paths that enabled communist troops to travel from North Vietnam to areas close to Saigon.

Indochina's Refugees: Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
by Joanna C. Scott
This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their lives were like before 1975, what happened after the Communist takeover that made them decide to flee their native countries, and how they escaped. The storytellers (housewife, Amerasian child, schoolteacher, government clerk, military officer, security agent, Buddhist monk, artist) create a broad and moving picture of the new realities of contemporary Indochina.

Mai Pham
Mai Pham is the chef and owner of Lemon Grass Restaurant in Sacramento, California, a nationally acclaimed restaurant featuring Vietnamese and Thai cuisine. A respected expert on Southeast Asian Cuisine, she writes for national publications, conducts cooking classes and seminars, and serves as a consultant to various food organizations throughout the U.S. Mai came to the U.S. with her family after the fall of Saigon in 1975.

Nguyen Cao Ky
A career soldier and politician in South Vietnam.

Major General Nguyen Van Hieu
by Tin Nguyen, Raymond R. Battreall
Meet one of the most gallant warriors of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. This biography depicts ARVN Major General Hieu under different facets: his personal life, his military career, his military exploits, and his unjust death. It reveals General Hieu as an unsung hero, whose tactical and strategic skills put him among the best soldiers of modern times, at par with General Rommel of Germany, Patton of the United States, Montgomery of England and Leclerc of France.

The Montagnards
"America's most loyal allies in Vietnam."

Novel Without a Name
by Duong Thu Huong
"Vietnamese novelist Huong, who has been imprisoned for her political beliefs, presents the story of a disillusioned soldier in a book that was banned in her native country." --Publishers Weekly

Peace Proposal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
of the Republic of South Viet Nam

July 1, 1971

Road to the United States: Part 1
by Bright Quang
Those who dare to take a stand and act on their beliefs often find themselves in a lonely place, subjected to ridicule and persecution. Bright has traveled that road for most of his life, from his war-torn homeland of Vietnam to the shores of America.

Road to the United States: Part 2
by Bright Quang


The Sorrow of War
by Bao Ninh
Kien, the protagonist of this rambling and sometimes nearly incoherent but emotionally gripping account of the Vietnam war, is a 10-year veteran whose experiences bear a striking similarity to those of the author, a Hanoi writer who fought with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade.

Nguyen Van Thieu
President of South Vietnam.

Vietnamization
President Nixon's plan to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war.

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
by Le Ly Hayslip
A Vietnamese woman describes her journey from war-torn central Vietnam to the United States, recounting how she endured imprisonment, torture, rape, near-starvation, and the deaths of members of her family.

 

Vietnam War Screenplays
 

VietnamWar.net

Download Movies at Amazon
 

Memorable Quotations Store at Amazon


 

 
VietnamWar.net
 

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 1

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 2
 

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 3

Vietnam War Destinations, Part 4

 

 
The Literary Hootch, Part 1
 

The Literary Hootch, Part 2

The Literary Hootch, Part 3
 

Vietnam War History, Part 1

Vietnam War History, Part 2
 

Vietnam War History, Part 3

Vietnam War History, Part 4

 

Vietnam War Research Material, Part 1
 

Vietnam War Research Material, Part 2

Vietnam War Research Material, Part 3
 

Vietnam War Research Material, Part 4

Vietnam War Humor
 

The Media

Vietnam War Quiz
 

Vietnam War Quotations

Allies
 

Anti-War

Political and Government Figures
 

Trips to Vietnam

 

The Vietnamese

 

Women
 

Vietnam War Films

 

Vietnam War Fiction

 

Women Writers

 

Vietnam War Short Stories

 

Military Leaders
 

Vietnam War Documentaries

 

Memorials

Organizations
 

Vietnam War Poetry

 

The Wall

 

African-American Soldiers

 

Vietnam War Books, Part 1

 

Vietnam War Books, Part 2

 

World War II Films (Part 1)

 

World War II Films (Part 2)

 

 

Vietnam War Snapshots

 

Bonjour Vietnam

 

Memories Are Like Clouds

 

A Saigon Party:
And Other Vietnam War Short Stories

 

General Creighton Abrams

 

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

 

Bao Dai

 

McGeorge Bundy

 

Ellsworth Bunker

 

Declaration of Independence
of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam
Ho Chi Minh's Speech,
Ba Dinh Square, September 2, 1945

 

Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Peace Proposal

 

Pham Van Dong

 

DRVN

 

Military-Industrial Complex Speech,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961

 

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential Press Conference, April 7, 1954

 

Eisenhower's Letter of Support
to Ngo Dinh Diem

 

President Ford's Speech
on the Fall of Vietnam, 24 April 1975

 

French Indochina

 

J. William Fulbright Testifies
on China and Vietnam, 1966

 

Vo Nguyen Giap

 

A History of the 58th Infantry Platoon (Scout Dog)

 

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

 

Inaugural Address,
President John F. Kennedy,
Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961

 

President Lyndon B. Johnson's Address
at Johns Hopkins University:
"Peace Without Conquest" April 7, 1965

 

President Johnson on U.S. Aims in Vietnam

 

Nguyen Cao Ky

 

Edward Lansdale

 

Letter from President Nixon
to President Nguyen Van Thieu
of the Republic of Vietnam
January 5, 1973
 

Richard Milhous Nixon's
First Inaugural Address,
January 20, 1969

 

President Nixon's
"Silent Majority" Speech

 

Excerpts from the Paris Accords

 

Peace Proposal
of the Provisional Revolutionary Government
of the Republic of South Viet Nam

 

South Vietnam

 

Oliver Stone

 

Nguyen Van Thieu

 

Vietnamization

 

A Shot and a Wound
by David A. Willson

 

Another Vietnam War Story or Two
by David A. Willson

 

The Assault
by J.E. Colussi

 

That Year In Saigon:
A Screenplay

 

Barbie and Ken
Experience the War

 

A Pedicab Driver
Peddles Through History

 

A CIA Hired Wife
Bares Her Soul

 

The Vietnamese Rock Star
Interview on AFVN

 

Yolanda's Favorite Beggar

 

Saigon Rumors

 

General Westmoreland's Houseboy
(and VC Spy) Talks

 

The Library Card

 

A Saigon Warrior's Journal

 

World History & Culture on DVD

 

VietnamWar.net
http://www.vietnamwar.net

 

 

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