Vietnamese Conflict Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Providing resources for one of America's most divisive wars.

Call number areas to browse:
DS556 Vietnam (history and culture)
DS557-DS560 Vietnamese Conflict
DS554 Cambodia (history and conflicts),
DS550-DS553 Southeast Asia.

Keywords to search: Vietnam War, Vietnam Conflict, etc.

Subjects to search (Library of Congress): Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975
place names (e.g. Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, etc.)
operations (My Lai Massacre Vietnam 1968, Dien Bien Phu, etc.)
individuals (e.g. Westmoreland, William C; Nixon, Richard M; Ho Chi Minh; etc.)
Also, other related events such as: Kent State University, Jackson State College, or Student Movements.

Books. Periodicals,  and Audiovisuals in our catalog: Use library subject headings and keywords in the library catalog to locate books, periodicals and audiovisuals owned by the library. You can limit your search by campus holdings, language and format (books, computer files, visual materials, etc.).

Online Reference E-Books:

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Oxford Reference Online Premium

Library Resources (r):

Humanities International Complete

Academic Search Complete

Military & Government Collection

America: History and Life Database of abstracts now offers links to many full-text articles through Project Muse. Tip: Add PROJECT MUSE to keyword, then type in a subject (e.g. VIETNAM, etc.) in the default subject box.

Also see our US Armed Forces guide.

Internet Resources:
Battlefield: Vietnam A brief history of the conflict with links to related PBS programs.

Kent State University: May 4 Collections Part of the University's Special Collections and Archives, documents and photos recounting the tragedy at Kent State.

POW/MIA Home Page Maintained by the Library of Congress, with more than 130,000 Vietnam era records.

Vietnam: Yesterday and Today Outstanding directory, designed for students and teachers, this site offers a look at the conflict and towards future and the hope for normalized relations.

The Vietnam Center Archival data, oral histories, and events maintained by Texas Tech University.

Vietnam Veterans of America The only national Vietnam veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page Honoring the men and women who died.

Quotable: "Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat." -Konrad Adenauer