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Vietnam War: Primary Sources features excerpts from screenplays, literature, speeches and hearings representing pro and con viewpoints during and after the conflict. From an American soldiers accounts of combat to contemporary reflections, Vietnam War: Primary Sources brings you heated debates from a country in conflict. Look for excerpts from a varied selection of sources:
- Ho Chi Minhs letter to the editor of the the American magazine Minority of One, which shares his perspective on the war
- Martin Luther King Jr.s antiwar speech Beyond Vietnam
- Robert F. Kennedys 1968 speech on the Vietnam War, calling for an end to U.S. support
- Walter Cronkites CBS television broadcast on the war
- Excerpt from Tim OBriens story On the Rainy River
- Excerpt from Kent State University student Bill Rubensteins essay Tragedy at Kent, in which he describes the National Guard shootings that killed four of his fellow students in 1970
- Richard Nixons 1969 Silent Majority televised speech, in which he outlines his plan for ending the war
- Excerpt from Le Ly Hayslips memoir When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, in which she remembers how the war divided her Vietnamese village Excerpt from Philip Caputos memoirs that detail his experiences in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine
- Interview with Julie Forsythe, an American relief worker at a civilian rehabilitation center in Quang Ngai provinc
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"A highly recommended reference tool for students."
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Provides information about the Vietnam War as well as excerpts from speeches and memoirs of those involved, including Ho Chih Minh, Richard Nixon, Walter Cronkite, James Stockdale, and Phuong Hoang.
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Vietnam War : Primary Sources
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Cengage Gale, 2000
ISBN 10: 0787648876
ISBN 13: 9780787648879
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