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Vietnam War: Getting Started

So many books, so little time...

Please check out the class book cart for this assignment. There are many great books on Vietnam, including the following:

Assignment

Possible Research Topics

*Many of the topics listed below are very broad; you may need to narrow the topic.  If you need help narrowing your topic ask Ms. Ona or Ms. Zbinden.  Also, you may choose your own related topic.  If you have an interest in researching a topic related to the Vietnam War that is not listed here, please check with Ms. Ona.

 

Examples of topics related to the chapters we have/will read:

  1. The life of a soldier in the field during the Vietnam War (clothing, food, training, living conditions)

  2. The effects of the Vietnam War on the Vietnamese people

  3. My Lai Massacre

  4. The draft, protest and draft dodging during the Vietnam War

  5. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):  history, diagnosis and treatments

  6. Vietnamese immigration to the United States after the Vietnam War  

  7. How the Vietnam War is viewed today in the US (shape this according to what in your research seems interesting).

  8. Kent State Protest

 

 



How to Cite a Book

The following information is needed for  a book citation:

Author's last name, first name. Title. Plce of Publication: Publisher, year. Medium

Citation parts of a book