Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country, state or territory ruled over by another country, state or territory. before it was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two.

In 1968, with mounting criticism of the Vietnam War at home and abroad, President Johnson announced that he would stop the bombing of North Vietnam and that he would not run for re-election the ...

More than forty years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War is a persistent wound on the American psyche. It is a war that divided families and communities, and sparked massive protests on college ...

Attitudes shaped by World War II were not always a good fit in the Vietnam era. Decisions that might have previously gone unchallenged now generated substantial protest. One of the unique pieces ...

The Vietnam War saw the United States military draft approximately 1.9 million service personnel into their ranks from 1954 ...