The Vietnam War was one of the Cold War’s most drawn-out conflicts – but even its end was traumatic, as communist forces raided the city of Saigon in 1975.
James Smither spent nearly two decades piecing together what actually occured during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord.
The Vietnam War pushed military technology to its limits, introducing weapons that reshaped how wars are fought. From jungle-tested rifles to devastating air power, both the United States and North ...
W hat was the Vietnam war? A “quagmire”, as one historian called it? A “commitment looking for a justification”, as a 1960s ...
Explore the defining battles of the Vietnam War (1954 to 1975) and their enduring lessons in this insightful retrospective.
Kennedy’s decision to send 400 Green Berets to Vietnam began as a quiet advisory mission, but it helped open the door to America’s deeper war in Southeast Asia and gave Special Forces one of its ...
On April 30, 1975, South Vietnam unconditionally surrendered to North Vietnam. The communists occupied Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City.
Kennedy, Johnson and McNamara were private realists but chose the path of least resistance, writes Fredrik Logevall ...
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