The Vietnam War was one of the Cold War’s most drawn-out conflicts – but even its end was traumatic, as communist forces ...

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam in March 1965, few Americans ...

Unlocking insights from Vietnam and other global struggles: Lessons in conflict's complexity, unintended consequences, and ...

Papers from the Fifteenth Military History Symposium held at the Royal Military College of Canada, Mar. 1989. The Vietnam analogy and the "lessons" of history / George C. Herring -- The first Vietnam ...

Explore the defining battles of the Vietnam War (1954 to 1975) and their enduring lessons in this insightful retrospective.

HO CHI MINH CITY — Military officers stoop to inspect slim green cannons along the Saigon River. Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park. Fighter jets and ...

When I interviewed novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen for The Washington Post early last year, he noted that the American conception of war tends to involve battles, soldiers, guns, and specific beginning and ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Tucked into a corner of History Park in San Jose is a labor of love. A museum that began as a collection of artifacts about the Vietnam War and the people who fled after the ...

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. The ...

In an X post on March 20, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi compared official updates on Operation Epic Fury to the U.S. military’s briefings on the Vietnam War. Araghchi was referring to the ...

The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a three-day event in June to commemorate of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. As part of that event, which will run June 13-15 at the ...