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The Agony of Vietnam
- Prelude to war
- Atrocities: The My Lai and Hue Massacres
- Americans fight in Vietnam: A slowly escalating war
- The Tet Offensive
- Vietnamization
- A Soldier's War: The Difficulties of Fighting in Vietnam
- The Paris Peace Accords
- Judging the war
- For More Information
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 actual combat troops were in the country from 1965 to 1975. For those government and military...
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