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General Resources History of Vietnam • Research on War (good) Historical Maps: Vietnam (1470-1975) • French Indochina (1863-1954) Pre-Colonial Vietnam • Timeline French Invasion of Vietnam (1861) The US & Vietnam, 1787-1941 (pdf) History of Vietnam: 1887 to 1957 • Special Forces and RVN Turmoil (1957-65) • The Marines Arrive & Khe Sanh Heats Up (1965-66) • The Hill Fights (1967) Vietnamese Declaration of Independence (1945) Overview: US Involvment in Vietnam Vietnam War Timeline (PBS) Early US Involvement (1945-1956) Early US Advisory Experience (1945-1965) Advising the French Turning Point for Viet Minh (1950) Dien Bien Phu, 1954 • More Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam Mag) Dien Bien Phu: Fatal Gamble American Pilots at Dien Bien Phu Vietnam War (overview essay) Advising the ARVN Vietnam War Overview • Alternate Jensen's Guide (links, bibliography) Vietnam Country Profile Photo Essay & History Vietnam War (brief history, PBS) Vietnam War (c³) Wikipedia (portal) Vietnam War (Global Security) Vietnam War Superportal • Cached Vietnam Veterans Home Page • History of the VIetnam War 101 (forum) Pentagon Papers (history; AF mag) Pentagon Papers (documents) • Overview • Related Links • Missed Opportunities (pre-1960) • Bibliography McNamara Papers Virtual Vietnam Archive • Info • Operations • Acronyms Vietnam War Documents (commercial) Vietnamese Historical Documents Primary Source Material (PBS Online) National Archives Locator (NAIL) • Archival Databases • Handbook for US Forces in Vietnam Vietnam Almanac (AF Mag, pdf) Vietnam War Overview (Wikipedia) Vietnam War Stats & Facts (25th Aviation) • More • More Chronology • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 Forgotten History (timeline & docs) Vietnam Timeline Path to War (HBO - click on Timeline) Tonkin Gulf Incident Tonkin Gulf Clandestine Aspects • Tonkin Gulf: Operation Vulcan Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (AF Mag) Tumbnail Overview of War Vietnam Urban Legends War History Links • More Vietnam Magazine • Archives • Index Military.com • Features • Archive Vietnam War Internet Project • Major Topics • Detailed Index Linked Bibliography • Tet Offensive Bibliography Military History/Vietnam Vietnam Portal (Spartacus) • Vietnam Vet Contacts VietnamWar.net (portal) Vietnam War Overview (eHistory) • Articles & Essays Vietnam War Resources (extensive!) Vietnam War Bibliography Air Force Magazine Articles Yahoo Vietnam History PBS: Vietnam Online The History Place: Vietnam War Summary (Columbia Enc) Path to War (HBO) •Interactive Timeline Vietnam War Quotations • More Vietnam War Portal Phoenix Program Grunt Online • War History Portal • Background to the War • Weapons & Equipment • Tactics Vietnam: Military.com The Buddhist Crisis (1966) Impact of Vietnamization on ARVN Paris Peace Accord (document - 1973) Fall of South Vietnam (internal link) Notes on the Paris Peace Accord (1973) Abuse of Technology in Insurgency MACV Description (brief) • Links MACV & 7th AF History of 7th Air Force in SEA Campaigns, Operations, Battles (internal) Strategy & Doctrine Kennedy's Plans Taylor Mission to Vietnam (1961) Summers: On Strategy • Harry Summers Interview ('96) Causes of the Vn War (essay) • Military & Political Causes How we Made Such a Mess American Involvement in Vietnam Five Presidents & Vietnam How US Lost War (Bui Tin - WSJ '95) • Alt General Vo Nguyen Giap (bio review - Bill Reeder) How We Lost War (Cau Ky - cached) Revisionists on Vietnam Kennedy's Foreign Policy Documents Johnson's Foreign Policy Documents CIA and Vietnam Policymakers • Distortions of Intelligence, 62-63 • Decision to "Go Big" 63-65 • O/B Controversy & Tet 67-68 • Lessons Learned Geopolitical Perspective (STRATFOR) Assassination of Diem (Nov 63) • Impossible to Stay Uninvolved Strategy Issues, '65-'67 (PPT) Presidential Decisons on Vietnam Phases of US Strategy Internal Wars: Problems, Response (pdf) Pol-Military Lessons of Vietnam (pdf) Unlearned Lessons of Vietnam (pdf) JFK Vietnam Chronology • Force Buildup ('61-'63) • JFK Advisors JFK's Early Indecision Was US Losing Under JFK? The In-Country War (AF Mag) Search for a Plan 1959-61 (pdf) NVA View of the War (1965) NVA Plan for 1965 (map) Compound Warfare in Vietnam • Definition: Compound Warfare Marine Counterinsurgency Ops CAP: Alternative to Search & Destroy • CAP: The Constructive Component Why Strategic Hamlets Failed How Could Vietnam Happen? Vietnam and the Cold War Vietnam & the Disillusioned Strategist (JSTOR) Aggression From the North (DoS, '65) The Abrams Tapes (1968-72) Pentagon Papers Online • Symposium 2001 • Links • Senate Report Causes of the Vietnam War Road to Hill 10 (Alantic Mag) Congressional Responsibility (bk rvw) LBJ and the Joint Chiefs (pdf) New Revelations About LBJ LBJ Disengagement Strategy The Fight for LBJ's Mind • Pt. 2 Vietnam & AF Unconv War Doctrine The Airpower Revolution JCS-94 Target List: Impact on Air War • pdf Kissinger & Nixon in White House Kissinger Papers US Involvement in Vietnam (potential) Propaganda in Vietnam War (JSTOR) Command & Control in Vietnam 1950-1989	Map Resources General Maps Historic & Battle Maps (e-History) West Point Vietnam War Maps • Alt Scrolling Map of Vietnam (down to 1:250K) Interactive Maps (PBS) Interactive Vietnam Map (N & S, 1:250K) (select map from globe symbol) RVN Provinces Map • Another • Province List & Map (archived) SEA Maps (1:250K) (Jim Henthorn) • NE4816: Quang Tri - Thua Thien • Individual Sections • Laos Maps The FAC Map Case: SVn (Lattin, cached) Download 1:50K Maps (TTU Archive, IE) • Vietnam 1:50K Map Index (cached) Ray's Map Room (1:50K topos) • Pleiku-Kontum-Dak To • Saigon-Cu Chi-Lai Khe • QL19 - Qui Nhon-Pleiku I Corps Maps (Marine AOs) I Corps Maps (Americal AOs) N I Corps Maps 1:50K • Hue Citadel • Khe Sanh SEA Maps (Air War, Jimmie Butler) Map Room (Grunt Space) • Detailed Hué Map Quang Tri - Thua Thien Vinh Loc Island map Quang Tri Province Maps (1:50K) Danang - Hai Van - Loc Co (detailed) Chu Lai Area Maps Tet Offensive Map Khe Sanh Combat Base Maps Firebase Coordinates • More • More • Photos Firebases, N I Corps (Lancers) Firebases: Quang Tri Prov (Currahee) Firebases: Thua Thien Prov (Currahee) Firebases: A Shau Map Ordering • Alt Map Coordinate-Place Name Search Blank Outline Map - N &S Vietnam Out of Country FAC Maps TACANs in SEA (list) TACAN Maps (Ch 77, 103) Interactive Tourist Map E-Books America in Vietnam (Guilmartin) History of Vietnam (e-book) • Second Indochina War AF History Support Office (e-books) Air University Press (e-books) Vietnam War Overview (e-book) ehistory (Portal: books, papers) • Books on-line Airpower in Three Wars (Momyer) US Marines in Vietnam 1965: Landing & Buildup US Marines in Vietnam 1968: The Defining Year US Army Vietnam Studies • Airmobility, 1961-1971 • Tactical and Material Innovations U.S. Army in Vietnam (CMH) • Alt US Army & Irregular Warfare • Ch. 6 - Careerists in Uniform • Ch. 7 - The Debate Goes On • Ch. 8 - Peoples War in Vietnam Mosquitoes to Wolves (FAC history) Airpower and the Ground War in Vn Air War in SEA: Campaigns Setup: What the AF Did in Vietnam Rolling Thunder: Anatomy of a Failure War from above the Clouds (B-52 Ops) A-1 Combat Journal History of FACs Cannon Fodder AU Press Books By Title Personalities Whos Who in Vietnam Jane Fonda in Hanoi McNamara's Book (excerpts) Robert McNamara Interview (Apr 96) McNamara: Fog of War (multimedia) Bui Tin Interview (Aug 95) Daniel Ellsberg Interview (Jul 98) Anthony Zinni Interview (Mar 2001) Other Nations Flags of Vietnam War US Allies (links) Allied Participation in Vietnam Australian Army in Vietnam Australian Experience in Vietnam • Order of Battle Australia in Vietnam (cached) Austrailia in Vietnam (portal) • More • Australian Weapons Nature of the War (Australian) Comparison of US, Australian Ops Australians in Vietnam (narratives) Australian Advisors RAAF in Vietnam (overview) RAAF in Vietnam (portal) • Another • 2 Squadron, RAAF, in Vietnam • Australia's Bombing Magpies • Canberras in Vietnam • Photos RAAF FACs in Vietnam • More RAAF Sabres at Ubon • Sabre Mk 31 RAN in Vietnam • More • HMAS Holbart Friendly Fire Incident Britain's Vietnam War (1945) South Vietnam: Worthy Ally ARVN Portal • OB & Unit History 1st ARN Division Hac Bao (Black Panther) Company 81st Abrn Ranger Group (ARVN) 3rd ARVN Div (Quang Tri, '72) Vietnamese Marine Corps • More VNAF Site • VNAF Order of Battle • VNAF Insignia RVN Medals RVN Navy • RVN Navy Special Ops • Organization RVN Navy OB Evacuation of VNN Fleet Escape to U Taphao (VNAF) ROK in Vietnam Lessons Learned Lessons of Vietnam (AF Mag) Lessons of Vietnam (Dereliction of Duty) • Interview with H. 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What We Should Have Done (DuPuy, pdf) Case For Vietnam (Rostow, '96) Lessons of Vietnam (interview) The Use of Military Force (article) Intelligent & Vietnam (DoS TS Study) Vietnam in Perspective (strategy, ROE) Rolling Thunder: Lessons For Today From Vietnam to Desert Storm (AF Mag) • DS: The Right Lessons from Vietnam Easter Offensive Lessons For Gulf War Vietnam and the Failure of Containment Vietnam: Lessons Learned (USMC CSC) Analogies: Am Revolution & Vietnam War Ten Lessons From Vietnam War Lessons from Vietnam - Tet Plus 30 Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War Lessons of Vietnam & Soviet Foreign Policy (JSTOR) Doctrines, Strategies and Outcomes of the Vietnam War (JSTOR) Lessons From Vietnam (Melvin Laird, Nov 05) • Alt Home Front The Anti-war Movement (Bolt, U Richmond) Press In Vn As Agent of Defeat (JSTOR) • GT JSTOR Press & Military: Tet 1968	Forward Air Controllers History of FACs • More (ROMAD) FAC History (Fast FAC Evolution) Books About FACs Mosquitoes to Wolves (book) FAC Site FAC Portal (Larry Hughes) • FAC & SEA Links • FAC Call Signs FAC Procedures • More • Target Marking • VR Close Air Support in SEA (nternal link) FAC Portal (George Lattin) • USAF General Officer FACs • FAC Stories FAC Units in SEA RAAF FACs in Vietnam • More FACNET Homepage • Photos FAC Association • Comments on FAC Msn • Book Project • Alternate 505th Tac Cntrl Gp • Air Ops Trng Manual • FAC KIAs 19th TASS 20th TASS • History • Photos • Danang FAC, 67-68 • Camp Evans FACs (3d Brd, 101 ABN) 21st TASS • More • 21st TASS O-1 Article 22nd TASS 23rd TASS • 23rd TASS (early history) • Cricket's Lament (song) Covey FACs • Covey FAC Assn. 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Air Operations USAF in Southeast Asia (Nat Museum of the USAF) Guns of August 1964 (airpower in SEA) • pdf Bogus Charges Against Airpower in SEA • pdf Role of Airpower in Vietnam War Limitations on Airpower in Vietnam (Atlantic, May 02) Strategic Bombing Debate: WW II & Vietnam • Full article (JSTOR - GT only) An Uncommon War: USAF in Vietnam Coercive Air Power in VIetnam War (JSTOR) Air War Overview • Alt In-Country Air Ops (internal link) AWC Vietnam Links Air Force Magazine Articles • Fighter Tactics in SEA (Momyer) Air Operations Glossary Air War Bibliography Airpower Doctrine Bibliography Air War Chronology (AF Museum) Role of Airpower in Vn (CSAF speech) Decisions Concerning Air War Disunity of Command (AF Mag) Wasted Airpower (Broughton) Tac Air Hearings '65 (pdf) USAF in Vietnam 65-69 (e-book) Air Power Over Vietnam (Dan's History) US Aces in Southeast Asia Air War (portal) • More Vietnam Fighter Narratives Vietnam Photo Album - AF Airpower in Vietnam (essay) USAF Tail Codes in SEA Operational Call Signs Air Operations Map Air Ops Sortie Statistics Fighter Pilot Personal Equipment Pilot Survival Equipment 8th Tactical Fighter Wing • 8th FW History 1967 • 8th TFW Stories Udorn Photos 12th Tactical Fighter Wing • 12TFW History • Close Air Support • Combat Air Patrol Vietnam Air Ops Chart Air Delivery Modes F4 Typical Mission Profiles Tech Case Studies: (F-105, Gunships, PGM) Tech Innovation: (Gunships, Ranch Hand, Arc Light) • Alt Young Tiger (Tanker Ops, AF Mag, Jun 98) Strategic Recon in Vietnam In-Country Air Ops/CAS Air Operations - Vietnam AF History in SEA (AF Museum) The In-Country War (AF Mag) Airpower Over Vietnam Air War Bibliography Plausible Denial: First SEA Air Ops Farm Gate (c 1961 - AF Mag) • pdf Buon Enao: Jungle Jim Deployment Air Commando Ops-SEA Air Commando Links Gunfighter Homepage (366 TFW) Close Air Support in SEA CAS Bibliography (USAMHI) Tactical Air Support (TACS) • Pt. 2 (CAS primer) • TASC AORs (map) • CAS for Ground Commanders • CAS Responsibilities (checklists) Direct Air Support (Interdiction Ops) Airstrike Photos CAS in Vietnam (narrative & photos) FAC Procedures • More • Target Marking • VR Post-1962 CAS Aircraft (AF Museum) A-1 Combat Journal • A-1 Pilot's Narrative (USAF) A-1E Skyraider T-28 Operations (PACAF Bulletin) A-37 Combat History B-57s in Vietnam Marine A-6 Stories F-100 Pilot Memories F-100 Pilot CAS Stories OV-10 Bronco (FAS) Air Combat Vietnam - Early Days AF Enlisted Combat Support	Ranch Hand Operation Ranch Hand (Air Ops site) Definitive History (Buckingham excerpt) • Cached • Alt (AU) • Full Book (downloadable) Ranch Hand Bibliography (AU ASBC) Operation Ranch Hand (AF Hist) • FAS Version Ranch Hand History (Air Commando) Herbicidal Warfare Prgm (Traildust) Fast Movers & Herbicidal Spray in SEA Operation Ranch Hand Portal Ranch Hand ROE (pdf) Ranch Hand History (ROE) Mission: Ranch Hand (ROE; AU Review, 1970) RH: History & Legal Issues (cached) Spray Activity (animated-Media Player) Ranch Hand: Air Commando History Air Commando Association Ranch Hand (AF Mag) • PDF Version Traildust Statistics UC-123K (AF Museum) C-123 Insect Spray Mission (photo) C/UC-123 Aircraft Survivors Herbicide Patterns in Vn (Traildust, pdf) • Cached HTML Assessing Exposure of Ground Troops (Guilmartin) Use of Helicopters in Defoliation Agent Orange Statistics on Agent Orange Use • More: By Location Agent Orange FAQ Agent Orange Talking Paper VA Agent Orange Portal Agent Orange Case Study AO Environmental Studies (Hatfield Gp) Efforts to Mitigate AO Impact (cached) Overview of Preliminary Results (cached) Impact Mitigation Strategies (Hatfield, cached) Agent Orange Files: History • AO Before & After Photos Characterizing Vet Exposure(e-book) Agent Orange AF Health Study • Study Overview (2MB pdf) AF AO Study Commentary Animated Map of Spray Ops ('63-'70) Flight Records Show Contamination Agent Orange Exposure in Vn (pdf) Extent & Patterns of AO Use (pdf) Notes on Herbicide Use in VIetnam Herbicide Use in II Corps Adm Zumwalt on Agent Orange Residual Dioxin in Vietnam Agent White Alvin Young Collection on AO US-PRVN Conf: Effects of AO • pdf Jt US-Vietnam Agent Orange Study International Studies Spraying Locations, 1963-70 (video) Documentary: Ranch Hand Battle's Poison Cloud (video review) Spectre Orange (Guardian, 2003) AO: Collateral Damage in Vn (book rvw) AO: Linger Effects (Vanity Fair) Children of Vietnam Vets Health Study (Australian) • COVVHS Homepage Psychological Operations Psychological Warfare Portal Psy Warfare (USAF Museum) Leaflets • Reward Leaflets • Banknote Leaflets • Flag Safe Conduct Passes Targeting NVA Soldiers in RVN Chieu Hoi Program - articles O-2B in Psy Warfare • More Hanoi Hanna Project Phoenix • More • More • Counter View	Arc Light Operation Arc Light (AF History) • FAS Version • Global Security Version War from above the Clouds (e-book) • Download (PDF, detailed) Arc Light Resources (AU portal) Arc Light (Air Power Over Vn) Arc Light Mission Statistics Arc Light History (306 BW) • Photos Arc Light & Deforestation (306 BW) Arc Light - B-52 Technical Info Khe Sanh & Linebacker II 50 Years of the B-52 The B-52 Story Arc Light Impacting (photo)