What do Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and communism have in common? They all have something to do with the Vietnam War. Scholars engage in readings, view related images, and read about important artifacts on the website.

Much information is relayed about the United States' increased involvement in the Vietnam War, beginning with President Kennedy's tacit approval of the military coup in Vietnam in 1963. Read about the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in...

Examine the Vietnam War through this summary, the transcript of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, questions for analysis, references for further reading, and a question/answer section from the community.

A great resource for print resources on the Vietnam War. The Table of Contents provide a good organizational tool of bibliographic information for anyone trying to understand the conflict.

Find a large collection of internet resources organized around the Vietnam War. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.

The Vietnam War is a series of articles that discusses the origins, battles, and outcome of this conflict that involved much of Southeast Asia during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. This introduction gives the background for U.S. involvement.

Read about how American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which essentially gave President Lyndon Johnson the ability to do whatever he thought necessary to defeat the North Vietnamese.

This essay from The Oxford Companion to American Military History goes into the causes of the Vietnam War and shows how the United States became embroiled incrementally from the 1950s up to 1965. An interesting section explains how the...