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The List below are a sample of the physicial resources available at the PJC library on various Vietnam War Battles, biographies, autobiographical, politics, and various other subjects covering the Vietnam War.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam Battles
PJC has over 60 paperbacks on Vietnam War many are personal narratives.
Politics over Vietnam
The catalog is available for your research needs. Type in the title of your book you are studying or the author and you will find materials to assist you with your paper. Use the subject search with search terms to find additional resources.
Stetson University’s Vietnam Remembrance site honors alumni who served in Vietnam or during that era (1964-1975). The site is located just north of Griffith Hall in an outdoor space that encourages meditation on national service during a time of war that tested our campus and America.
Online resources on the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library website pertaining to Vietnam. The images, speeches, letters and videos in this online exhibit provide an overview of President Johnson's perspective on the Vietnam conflict.
Over 2,000 digital items in the Nixon Presidential Library pertaining to Vietnam.
The National Archives has a wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in the Vietnam conflict. These include photographs, textual and electronic records, audiovisual recordings, exhibits, educational resources, articles, blog posts, lectures, and events.
Site created to thank and honor veterans of the Vietnam War and their families, to highlight the service of the armed forces and the contributions of federal agencies and organizations, as well as contributions made on the home front, to highlight the advances in technology, science, and medicine related to military research conducted during the War, and to recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by US allies during the Vietnam War.
Records the personal narratives of New Jersey residents and/or Rutgers University alumni, faculty or staff who served on the home front and overseas during the Vietnam War.
Collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
A University of Washington multimedia web project that chronicles the social impact of war and the rich history of antiwar activity in the Northwest. Includes video oral histories, hundreds of photographs and documents, GI underground newspapers, movement biographies, and research reports.
Digitized FBI files on : Mario Savio (1942-1996), Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), Kent State, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam, American Friends Service Committee, Howard Zinn (1922-2010), Cardinal Francis J. Spellman (1889-1967), Jane Addams (1860-1935), and Edward Paul Abbe.
This archive contains 21,477 pages of documents received in response to the organization's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Contains primary source media resources related to social activism and activist movements in California in the 1960's and 1970's. The Project is currently presented as a series of topical timelines, arranged on different subject tabs, which explore key Pacifica Radio Archive Social Activism recording collections.
Selections from Vietnam War era ephemera collection of printed ephemera including pamphlets, posters, manifestos, newsletters, booklets, and open letters created by the various Seattle-area and University of Washington manifestations of American civil rights and protest movements of the late 1960's and 1970's.
A lesson plan for students to investigate images of the war, study a timeline of opposition to it, and read anti-war speeches to determine why so many Americans opposed the war in Vietnam.
The Things They Carried is a critically-acclaimed literary exploration of soldiers’ experiences in the Vietnam War, which was one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in American history. The Things They Carried helps readers understand both what the war was like and the ambivalence Americans felt. It combines humor and horror, fact and fiction, and irony in order to portray American soldiers with compassion.
Created by Edwin E. Moïse (professor of history at Clemson University), this is primarily a bibliography of books, but some articles are listed. Special effort was made to list articles for which the full texts are available online.
This site, developed around the course materials for Robert Brigham's first-year seminar on the Vietnam War at Vassar College, offers visitors an opportunity to examine some original sources, including numerous official documents. Brigham was one of the first American scholars given access to Hanoi’s archives on the war. Included are his translations of some of the Hanoi documents, offered for examination and study.