More Articles and Books on the Vietnam War
Errors and Omissions in Ken Burns’ Vietnam War Documentary 1
Errors and Omissions in Ken Burns’ Vietnam War Documentary 2
Courage and Cowardice in the Vietnam War’s Final Hours
Deliberate Distortions Still Obscure Understanding of Vietnam War
Jane Fonda: An American Traitor (scroll down a few paragraphs to see start of article)
The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War
Still Waiting: A Preemptive Response to the Burns-Novick Documentary on the Vietnam War
A great short article by noted Vietnam War scholar Bill Laurie, co-author of the book Whitewash, Blackwash: Myths of the Viet Nam War.
The Fall of South Vietnam: An Analysis of the Campaigns
An excellent 1993 study done by then-Major George Heritage for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
The First Big Network Smear: CBS’s Documentary The Uncounted Enemy
Nixon’s Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972 (book)
This book discusses the tremendous damage that the Linebacker I and Linebacker II bombing operations did to North Vietnam in 1972, and provides some idea of the crippling damage we could have inflicted on the Hanoi regime if we had done similar operations for a longer period of time. Scholars who claim the war was unwinnable rarely address this fact.
Cedar Falls-Junction City: A Turning Point (book)
This book present evidence that those operations were successful and worthwhile.
Written by a former South Vietnamese anti-war activist, Nguyen Cong Hoan. During the war, Hoan adamantly argued for a U.S. withdrawal and for negotiations with the Communists. After Saigon fell, he served briefly in the Communist government but became so disillusioned that he fled the country by boat.
Repression in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Executions and Population Relocation
A study written by South Vietnamese General Nguyen Duy Hinh and published by the Department of the Army in 1979. This study presents evidence that the operation destroyed or captured large amounts of weapons and supplies and led to a decrease in North Vietnamese army operations for several months.
U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Bitter End 1973-1975
A study published by the U.S. Marine Corps’ History and Museums Division in 1990. Among other things, this study discusses how Congress greatly weakened the South Vietnamese armed forces by drastically cutting our aid to South Vietnam after early 1973.
Veteran journalist and Asia scholar Robert Elegant’s famous article on the news media’s harmful, biased coverage of the Vietnam War.
Viet Cong: The Organization and Techniques of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Doug Pike’s 1968 book on the Viet Cong.
The Vietnam War Revisited: Why the Conventional History Is Wrong
Mackubin Thomas Owens’ critique of Ken Burns’ Vietnam War documentary. Owens discusses some of the many flaws in the documentary.
Vietnam 1945 to 1975: Communism on Display
Robert Previdi’s insightful and informative review of several books on the Vietnam War in the U.S. Army War College journal Parameters. Citing Dr. Arthur Dommen, Previdi notes that “the Viet Minh seized power in North Vietnam in August 1945 by using their preferred strategy of brutality and deceit” and that “the Viet Minh may have massacred as many as 15,000 nationalists” in the process.
Myths and Realities in the Vietnam Debate
An excellent article by Dr. Robert F. Turner that addresses some of the common myths about the Vietnam War.
Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War
Contains links to presentations given at the 2004 RADIX Foundation conference on the Vietnam War, including a useful presentation on the bogus Winter Soldier claims made by John Kerry and other members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
The Boston Manifesto (Vietnam Veterans for Factual History)
Military Myths and Legends: Five Myths About the Vietnam War
Beyond the Killing Fields: Vietnam MIA/POWs
Vietnam Veterans and the Vietnam War
A History of Violence: Repression of the Right to Freedom of Assembly in Vietnam
