Website Spotlight: Vietnam Online

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html

The parts of this website which I find particularly useful are the following:

I. About the TV Series

This website is the internet companion to Stanley Karnow's book (Vietnam: A History).
For a course I teach on Vietnam, I use a reading guide which can be accessed at this URL: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Karnow

The videos (titles below) in the TV series are among the best available on Vietnam:

Roots of War
America's Mandarin
LBJ Goes to War
America Takes Charge
America's Enemy
Tet 1968
Vietnamizing the War
Cambodia and Laos
Peace is at Hand
Homefront USA
The End of the Tunnel

II. Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/timeline/

This is really terrific.

III. Who's Who
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/whos/index.html

This section provides a helpful array of brief sketches of key figures of the war.

IV. In The Trenches

Weapons of War (two parts: US and enemy)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/weapons.html

Language of War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/language.html

V. Primary Sources

State Department White Paper on Vietnam
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/psources/ps_north.html

VI. Maps
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/maps/index.html

An incredible series of interactive maps. Not to miss.

VII. Reflections on a War: Personal Essays
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/index.html

VIII. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/tguide/index.html

Make your choice from several wonderful suggestions.


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S. History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Vietnam