Research Guide: Vietnam War: Home

Provides an introduction to the anti-war movement of the twentieth century, highlighting key events and people, the movement's strengths and weaknesses, how it intersected with other social and political movements of the time, and its lasting effect on the country.

Examines the effects on the idealistic vision of the United States' after its involvement in the Vietnam War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Studies President Kennedy's approach to war and his efforts to achieve peace.

Argues that America's four wars in Asia were a seventy-five year effort for regional dominance; analyses each war from the American and Asian perspective which helps explain Asia's current influence; and suggests that American imperialism has implications for current Middle Eastern conflicts.

Studies the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union and discusses the policies that helped that relationship develop.

Reprints twenty-four speeches related to the Vietnam War, covering prewar diplomacy, American intervention, the war abroad and at home, American withdrawal, and postwar legacy.

Explores the influence historical analogies have on government decisions to use or not use military force, assessing every major use of American force from the Korean War to the NATO war in Serbia, focusing on the influence of the democracies' appeasement of Hitler at Munich and America's defeat in the Vietnam War.