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Arnett, Peter

Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Peter Arnett discusses the debates on policy and strategy relating to the Vietnam War and his experiences reporting for the Associated Press in Saigon beginning in 1966. Arnett was one of the last western reporters in…

Tags: Anticommunism, Antiwar Movement, Associated Press, Author or Writer, Cold War, Communism or Communists, Fall of Saigon 1975, History, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, Journalism, Media (Radio Television Film), Ngo Dinh Diem (President SVN) 1901-1963, Orange County (USA), Research or Academics, Saigon (VN), Teacher or Professor, Viet Cong (VC) National Liberation Front, Vietnam War 1955-1975

Sorley, Lewis

Lewis Sorley is an American intelligence analyst, lecturer and military historian who was deployed to Vietnam as an Army major in 1966. Based on his experiences and research, he wrote the book "A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final…

Tags: Anticommunism, Antiwar Movement, Army (USA), Author or Writer, CIA (Central Intelligence Agency USA), Communism or Communists, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, Officer, Potomac MD (USA), Research or Academics, Teacher or Professor, Veteran (USA), Vietnam War 1955-1975

Vu, Thu Hien

Vietnamese language interview with former North Vietnamese filmmaker Vu Thu Hien.

This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the…

Tags: Arts or Design, Film, France, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, Paris (FR), Refugees, Vietnam (Northern), Vietnam War 1955-1975

Bui, Tin

Vietnamese language interview with Bui Tin, a writer and former colonel of North Vietnam, who speaks about Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War.

This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…

Tags: Author or Writer, Communism or Communists, France, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), Officer, Viet Cong (VC) National Liberation Front, Vietnam (Northern), Vietnam War 1955-1975

Turner, Robert Foster

University of Virginia School of Law professor, Dr. Robert Turner, discusses the United States involvement in Vietnam in the geopolitical context of international communist movements, Vietnamese nationalism, French colonialism in Indochina and…

Bui, Diem

Bui Diem was born in 1923 in Ha Nam. Along with many friends and family members, Bui Diem joined the Greater Vietnam Nationalist Party (GVNP) from a young age to fight the French for independence. At the beginning of the First Indochina War, VNP…

Tags: Activism or Activist, Anticommunism, Bao Dai (Emperor) 1913-1997, Communism or Communists, Diplomacy or Diplomat, Empire of Vietnam 1945, French Indochina War 1946–54, French Indochinese Colonization 1887-1954, Geneva Conference 1954, Government Official, Ho Chi Minh (Chairman) 1890-1969, Media (Radio Television Film), Nguyen Van Thieu (President SVN) 1921-2001, Politics or Politician, Republic of Vietnam (SVN) 1955-1975, Richard Nixon (President USA) 1913-1994, Rockville MD (USA), Watergate Scandal 1970s

Nguyen, Thanh Chieu

Nguyen Thanh Chieu also known by his pen name, Thanh Thuong Hoang, was a journalist, novelist, and war correspondent in Vietnam between 1953 and 1975. His grandfather and father were both part of the anti-colonial resistance. He recounts what he…

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