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Research Resources

The U.S. National Archives’ Remembering Vietnam exhibition highlighted 12 pivotal episodes from the war. This online version of the exhibit includes material from the archives, a downloadable map with key locations, a video tour, and more.

Includes a detailed timeline, maps, "who's who" biographies of important figures, and other material to supplement the PBS television series Vietnam: A Television History.

Check out the Key Battles, Key People, Key Terms, and History of Vietnam pages, and don't miss the Interactive Map that places events in geographic context and includes oral histories, photos, and videos.

Listen to interviews with Vietnamese refugees and browse galleries with photos, documents, and historical information.

This chapter from the UNHCR's book The State of The World's Refugees 2000: Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action covers the exodus that began in 1975.

Malesky, Edmund J. "Vietnam War." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by William A. Darity, Jr., 2nd ed., vol. 8, Macmillan Reference USA, 2008, pp. 612-617. Gale eBooks

Cosmas, Graham A. "Vietnam War." Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed., vol. 8, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp. 329-335. Gale eBooks

Berman, Larry, and Jason Newman. "The Vietnam War and Its Impact." Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, edited by Richard Dean Burns, et al., 2nd ed., vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002, pp. 597-616. Gale eBooks