http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12662
Finds suggestive but limited evidence that exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War is associated with an increased chance of developing ischemic heart disease and Parkinson's disease for Vietnam veterans. From the Institute of Medicine.
http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA480154&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
Examines lessons learned from the Vietnam War about the need for language and cultural skills when waging war against insurgents among the people. From the Defense Technical Information Service and the U.S. Army War College.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB851.pdf
Examines theories and applications of revolutionary warfare in an era of reactionary, jihadist wars. Explores how in particular the governments of Vietnam (1955-63), Algeria (1945-62) and Nicaragua (1967-79) unintentionally empowered revolutionary movements leading to the demise of the governments. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
http://www.fas.org/irp/nsa/spartans/index.html
Mostly declassified text of a 2002 history of American signals intelligence during the Vietnam War. Among other noteworthy incidents, claims that no attack by North Vietnamese boats occurred in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964, the incident which caused the expansion of U.S. troops in Vietnam. From the National Security Council, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11906#toc
Finds suggestive but limited evidence that exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides during the Vietnam War is associated with an increased chance of developing high blood pressure in some veterans. From the Institute of Medicine.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/
Latest annuat report on the status of religious freedom in each of the countries of the world and what the U.S. government is doing to promote greater religious freedom. Lists China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Vietnam among countries of particular concern. From the Department of State.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33803.pdf
Reviews 21 past congressional attempts to curtail presidential efforts to extend or enlarge military operations. Tables and an appendix that summarize and cite bill language intended to end or restrict military operations in Indochina between 1970 and 1973, in Somalia in 1993, and in Kosovo in 1999. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xii/index.htm
Documents the private, secret negotiations between U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and the Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin over various strategic issues such as the Vietnam War. From the State Department.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/ML_investigation.html
Offers links to the congressional hearings and final report about an incident which stunned the nation in an earlier conflict, the Vietnam War. As recently in Iraq, U.S. forces were accused of killing innocent civilians. Also includes a one page Background document. From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
A collection of reports, memoranda, notes, articles, oral history interviews, and other material relating to the Gulf of Tonkin incident of the Vietnam War. This represents the second and final release of such material from the National Security Agency.
http://www.nsa.gov/vietnam/index.cfm
A first installment of previously classified material, including chronologies of events, oral history interviews, signals intelligence reports and related memoranda, relating to the incident which escalated American military involvement in Vietnam. From the National Security Agency.
