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1. THE AMERICAN WAR IN VIETNAM: ORAL HISTORIES

Author

Appy, Christian

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS are drawn from the 350 interviews I conducted for an oral history published in 2003, Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides. That book is long--549 [...]

Published
2024

2. An Exile at Queens

Author

Clausen, Christopher

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Arts, visual and performing, Literature/writing, Queen's University
Abstract

The draft dodgers and other political émigrés always seemed American to me in their very rejection of American life and attitudes. They, after all, knew what they were repudiating far better than the people among whom they made a new life. Even if they learned to speak with a Canadian accent, their own preoccupation with the nation they had left was quite different from that of Canadian friends ..., W HEN support for the Vietnam War was collapsing among young Americans in the late 1960s, and thousands of draft-age men were seeking refuge north of the border, a satirical [...]

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2024

3. 'THE BIGGEST STORY IN THE WORLD': Wallace Terry, the Vietnam War, and Bloods

Author

Boomhower, Ray E.

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Civil rights movements, Journalists, Civil rights -- Vietnam, History, National Liberation Front (Vietnam)
Abstract

Wallace H. Terry Jr., who served as deputy bureau chief for Time magazine in Saigon, had amassed an impressive record as a journalist. Hired by the Washington Post at just [...]

Published
2024

4. KEEPING FAITH: Hoosiers for Peace during the Vietnam War

Author

A.Wissing, Douglas

Subjects
Indiana -- Social aspects, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Pacifists -- Social aspects, History
Abstract

Abomb exploded in the Capitol Building early in the morning on March 1, 1971. The blast destroyed a restroom near the Senate, blowing out a wall and sending shrapnel from [...]

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2024

5. The Sixties' Lost Promise

Author

Serby, Benjamin

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Student loans, Education, Higher, Political science
Abstract

Ellen Schrecker's The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s chronicles the rise and crisis of mass higher education in the United States over the course of that decade. This review essay engages with her impressive study to explore how the enduring dependency of the American left on the university was forged at this critical juncture., The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s by Ellen Schrecker (University of Chicago Press, 2021) Historian Ellen Schrecker's new book, The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s, tells [...]

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2024

7. Richman, Alyson: THE TIME KEEPERS

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Books -- Book reviews, Business, Library and information science, Publishing industry
Abstract

Richman, Alyson THE TIME KEEPERS Union Square & Co. (Fiction None) $18.99 10, 15 ISBN: 9781454953234 After the Vietnam War, a close-knit Long Island community reacts to outsiders in its [...]

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2024

8. Mahoney, Peter P: I WAS A HERO ONCE

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Books -- Book reviews, Business, Library and information science, Publishing industry
Abstract

Mahoney, Peter P I WAS A HERO ONCE Atmosphere Press (NonFiction Nonfiction) $24.99 9, 24 ISBN: 9798891323988 An anti-Vietnam War activist who served in the conflict contemplates his generation's failure [...]

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2024

11. Letters from the Southern Home Front: The American South Responds to the Vietnam War

Author

Jensen, Geoffrey W.

Subjects
Louisiana State University Press, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Book publishing, History, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Letters from the Southern Home Front: The American South Responds to the Vietnam War. Edited by Joseph A. Fry. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2023. Pp. xiv, 306. Paper, [...]

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2024

12. Vacation in Vietnam? Dad Is a War Veteran. It Felt Like an Oxymoron; When I told my dad we were heading to Vietnam, I was surprised by his reaction. I thought he'd say: What are you thinking?

Author

Underwood, Blair

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Americans in foreign countries -- Personal narratives -- Travel, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Blair Underwood Like so many of us Americans, the war is my point of reference for Vietnam. The country felt like this faraway land where many Americans fought and [...]

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2024

14. Sky Documentaries. FRIDAY 9 AUGUST; Satellite, cable & sport

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Documentary films, Singers
Abstract

6.00am Superpowered: the DC Story 7.00 Discovering: Jeff Goldblum 8.00 The Directors 8.55 The Vietnam War 10.00 OJ: Made in America (AD) 12 noon Wild Wild Space 2.00pm FILM Gascoigne [...]

Published
2024

15. Sky Documentaries. WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST; Satellite, cable & sport

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Documentary films
Abstract

6.00am Superpowered: the DC Story 7.00 Discovering: Meg Ryan 8.00 The Directors 8.55 The Vietnam War 10.00 OJ: Made in America (AD) 12 noon FILM Amy HHHH Asif Kapadia paints [...]

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2024

16. PBS America 84. SATURDAY Freeview & films; SATURDAY 13 JULY

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Peace movements
Abstract

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti 8.30 Nazca Desert Mystery 9.40 The Hidden Side of World War II 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti: the heavy price the young pay in hostile takeovers 1.30 The Vietnam [...]

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2024

17. PBS America 84. MONDAY 8 JULY; MONDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am Peru, Sacrifices in the Kingdom of Chimor 9.10 The Vietnam War 10.55 New. Verdun, the Battle of the Great War 11.55 WWII in the Pacific 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.45 [...]

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2024

18. PBS America. FRIDAY 12 JULY; FRIDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am Grand Tours of Scotland 8.35 The Vietnam War 10.55 New. Los Angeles: Stories from the City 12.05pm Lincoln: Divided We Stand 1.00 The Vietnam War 3.20 Los Angeles: Stories [...]

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2024

19. PBS America 84. WEDNESDAY Freeview & films; WEDNESDAY 10 JULY

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti 8.30 The Vietnam War 10.50 Pompeii: Buried Secrets of the Villa Giuliana 11.55 Nazca Desert Mystery 1.00pm The Vietnam War 3.20 Pompeii: Buried Secrets of the Villa [...]

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2024

20. PBS America. THURSDAY 11 JULY; THURSDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am Grand Tours of Scotland 8.35 The Vietnam War 10.55 New. Los Angeles: Stories from the City 11.55 Lincoln: Divided We Stand 1.00pm Grand Tours of Scotland 1.35 The Vietnam [...]

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2024

21. PBS America 84. SATURDAY 6 JULY; SATURDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Peace movements
Abstract

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti 8.30 Wellington v Napoleon: Aftermath of Waterloo 9.35 WW2: Battle of Crete 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 The Vietnam War 5.10pm The Vietnam War 3/10 Hardliners in Hanoi [...]

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2024

22. PBS America. TUESDAY 9 JULY; TUESDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti 8.30 The Vietnam War 10.50 New Forts of Verdun 11.55 WWII in the Pacific 1.00pm The Vietnam War 3.20 Forts of Verdun 4.35 WWII in the Pacific [...]

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2024

23. How to Collect Vietnam

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Armed Forces
Abstract

Older readers of this magazine probably have very vivid memories of the Vietnam War. In the UK and many other countries, young people organised huge demonstrations in support of the [...]

Published
2024

24. PBS America 84. WEDNESDAY 3 JULY; WEDNESDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Battle of Crete, 1941, Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am New series. WW2: Battle of Crete 9.25 The Vietnam War 11.55 Inside Japan's War 1.00pm WW2: Battle of Crete 2.25 The Vietnam War 4.50 Inside Japan's War 6.10pm The [...]

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2024

25. PBS America 84. MONDAY Freeview & films; MONDAY 1 JULY

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti 8.45 The Vietnam War 10.35 as 8.35pm 11.40 Inside Japan's War 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 The Vietnam War 3.20 as 8.35pm 4.30 Inside Japan's War 5.35 After [...]

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2024

26. PBS America 84. FRIDAY; Television; FRIDAY 5 JULY

Subjects
Battle of Crete, 1941, Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

8.00am New. WW2: Battle of Crete 9.15 Beautiful Serengeti 10.00 The Vietnam War 11.55 WWII in the Pacific 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 The Vietnam War 3.20 WW2: Battle of Crete [...]

Published
2024

27. PBS America 84. THURSDAY 4 JULY; THURSDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Battle of Crete, 1941, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Peace movements
Abstract

Inside Japan's War 9.55pm The Atomic Age 8.00am New. WW2: Battle of Crete 9.25 The Vietnam War 11.55 Inside Japan's War 1.00pm WW2: Battle of Crete 2.10 The Vietnam War [...]

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2024

28. PBS America 84. TUESDAY 2 JULY; TUESDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Eclipses
Abstract

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti 8.45 The Vietnam War 10.30 New. Great American Eclipse 11.40 as 9.40pm 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 as 6.45pm 3.20 as 8.30pm 4.30 Inside Japan's War 5.35 After [...]

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2024

30. Readings on Vietnam

Author

Meilinger, Philip S.

Subjects
United States. Pacific Air Forces -- Powers and duties, United States. Army -- Powers and duties, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Nonfiction, Air power -- Evaluation, Military and naval science
Abstract

After 50 years the Vietnam War continues to haunt many Americans. It was the first war we lost and, domestically, it nearly tore the country apart. By 1963 the US [...]

Published
2023

31. Flying the C-130 Hercules in Vietnam

Author

Vaughn, David K.

Subjects
United States. Army -- Equipment and supplies, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Military maneuvers -- Personal narratives, Military and naval science
Abstract

I was impressed with the C-130 from the first time I saw it. There was something about its appearance and deportment that conveyed a sense of strength, self-confidence, and grace. [...]

Published
2023

32. Entering Brimfield

Author

Silverman, Harvey

Subjects
United States. Navy, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Arts, visual and performing, Literature/writing
Abstract

MAYBE I should not even write this; I hardly present as a role model. But what the heck, I am seventy-five years old; my kids are grown, responsible, and with [...]

Published
2023

33. The Vietnam War: A Military History

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

The Vietnam War: A Military History Geoffrey Wawro. Basic, $40 (656p) ISBN 978-1-5416-0608-1 This comprehensive, stylishly written account of the American war in Vietnam from historian Wawro (Sons of Freedom) [...]

Published
2024

34. Reimagining America's Professional All-Volunteer Army

Author

Dubik, James M. and Magruder, Lawson W., III

Subjects
United States. Army Reserve -- Recruiting, United States. Army -- Recruiting, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Armies -- Officials and employees, Industry hiring, General interest, Military and naval science
Abstract

Today's senior civilian and military Army leaders face a challenge, different from but as complex and pressing as the one their post-Vietnam predecessors tackled: What should Americas Army look like? [...]

Published
2023

35. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Inflation: Lessons from Major US Wars

Author

Kliesen, Kevin L. and Wheelock, David C.

Subjects
Confederate States of America. Army. Army of Northern Virginia, United States. Congressional Research Service, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Expenditures, Public, Epidemics -- South Korea -- United Kingdom -- Missouri, Monetary policy, Inflation (Finance) -- South Korea -- Missouri -- United Kingdom, Civil war -- South Korea -- United Kingdom -- Missouri, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

'A simple way to think about what's happened is the pandemic was like a war, and you had war financing--lots of spending, not just in the U.S. but around the [...]

Published
2023
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36. Trump, who avoided combat, accepts gift of Purple Heart from veteran

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Ex-presidents, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Mariana Alfaro A veteran gave his Purple Heart medal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who avoided the Vietnam War due to a medical exemption for bone spurs. In [...]

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2024

38. Only the Light Moves: Flying Covert Reconnaissance Missions in the Vietnam War

Author

Hladik, John

Subjects
North Vietnam. Army, Western Air Lines Inc., Cessna Aircraft Co., Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Aircraft industry, Airlines, Military and naval science
Abstract

Only the Light Moves: Flying Covert Reconnaissance Missions in the Vietnam War. By Francis Doherty. Barnsley UK: Pen & Sword Books, 2023. Photographs. Bibliography. Pp. 206. $32.95. ISBN: 978-139905-701-1 Doherty [...]

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2024

40. 2 sisters, who fled the Vietnam War as kids, reflect on what they've been through

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Refugees -- Interviews, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5010456 HOST: MICHEL MARTIN (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MICHEL MARTIN: It's time again for StoryCorps. Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo grew up [...]

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2024

41. 'Corky Lee's Asian America'

Author

Wong, Wilson

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Murder, Literature/writing
Abstract

A new book from the legendary lensman Corky Lee captures both struggle and celebration across several decades of Asian American life. Rallies in opposition to the Vietnam War. Protests demanding [...]

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2024

42. Gen Z students lead pro-Palestine demonstrations while their Boomer professors see parallels to past protest eras

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Political activists, Students, Baby boom generation, School construction, Freedom of speech, Student movements, Reformers, Social reformers, Consumer news and advice, General interest
Abstract

Students and their professorsare asking universities to divest from Israel. At Indiana University, protesters say they've been met with a militarized response from police. Professors say the current protests share [...]

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2024

43. The Roush Review

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Abstract

BY MATT ROUSH @TVGMMattRoush The Sympathizer A tormented spy lives a double life in post–Vietnam War America Sundays, 9/8c, HBO COME FOR THE stunt, to marvel at the versatility of [...]

Published
2024

44. Biden's Gaza Quagmire: Worse Than Vietnam

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Consumer news and advice, General interest
Abstract

For my generation, the Vietnam War was the catastrophe that destroyed our hopes for a decent America. Vietnam wrecked the most expansive domestic program since the New Deal, LBJ's Great [...]

Published
2024

45. This Year's Democratic Convention Won't Be a Replay of 1968

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Political conventions, Political issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ed Kilgore When the Democratic National Committee (https://democrats.org/news/dnc-announces-chicago-to-host-2024-democratic-national-convention/) chose Chicago as the site of the party's 2024 national convention a year ago, no one knew incumbent presidential nominee (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/biden-catching-trump-polls.html) [...]

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2024

46. Sky Documentaries. TUESDAY 16 APRIL; TUESDAY Satellite, cable & sport

Subjects
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A., Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Specialty stores, Documentary films
Abstract

Tony Hawk: until the Wheels Fall Off 9.00pm Profile 6.00am The 2010s 7.00 Discovering: Laurence Harvey 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King 10.00 The Vietnam [...]

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2024

47. THE FOG OF WAR

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Soldiers
Abstract

BY ANDREW R. CHOW When the author Viet Thanh Nguyen was growing up in California as a refugee from the Vietnam War, depictions of that conflict were omnipresent in American [...]

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2024

48. Sciacchitano, Carl: THE HEART THAT FED

Subjects
Simon & Schuster Inc. -- Book reviews, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Books -- Book reviews, Book publishing, Business, Library and information science, Publishing industry
Abstract

Sciacchitano, Carl THE HEART THAT FED Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster (NonFiction None) $29.99 5, 28 ISBN: 9781982102937 A writer and illustrator explores his veteran father's life and the bond the [...]

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2024

50. PBS America 84. MONDAY 18 MARCH MONDAY Freeview & films

Subjects
Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Deportation, Exiles
Abstract

The Exiles: Secretly Deported 9.05pm Yvonne Foley 8.00am The Ottoman Empire: Battle for the Mediterranean 9.05 as 7.55pm 10.15 New. The Exiles: Secretly Deported 11.15 The Vietnam War 1.00pm Beautiful [...]

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2024

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