Students: Here are a couple of document links you will want to examine when going about your NamQuest research...

Are you a Dove or Hawk? Idea Web (Don't forget to enlarge the image with the tool provided.)

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Don't forget to scroll down through the other (primary source) magazine article, novel, feature film, project website, and other references I've cited below.

Baker, Dean, Robert Pollin and Elisabeth Zahrt.  “The Vietnam War and the Political Economy of Full Employment.”  Challenge  May-June 1996:  35-46.

Born on the Fourth of July.  Dir. Oliver Stone.  Perf. Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, and Willem Dafoe.  MCA Universal, 1989.

Conrad, Joseph.  Heart of Darkness.  New York:  Bedford Books, 1996.

The Deer Hunter.  Dir. Michael Cimino.  Perf. Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, and Christopher Walken.  EMI Films Inc., 1978.

Forrest Gump.  Dir. Robert Zemeckis.  Perf. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field.  Paramount Pictures, 1994.

Gibney, Frank, Jr.  “Vietnam:  Back in Business.”  Time  24 Apr. 1995:  36-43.

Good Morning, Vietnam.  Dir. Barry Levinson. Perf. Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, and Bruno Kirby. Buena Vista Home Video, 1987.

Herring, George C.  America’s Longest War:  The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975.  2nd ed.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf.  1986.

Hiebart, Murray.  “Wages of War.”  Far Eastern Economic Review  11 May 1995:  30-32.

Koestler, Arthur, et al.  “1960’s:  A Sampling of Articles Adapted from The New York Times Magazine:  A Celebration of One Hundred Years.”  New York Times Magazine  14 Apr. 1996:  113.

Klotzer, Charles L.  “The Pentagon Papers and the Post-Dispatch.”  St. Louis Journalism Review  July-August 1996:  14.

Luce, Don.  “Back to Vietnam.”  The Nation  28 Feb. 1994:  257.

McDougall, Walter A.  “No Discharge From That War.  (Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975).”  Current  May 1996:  17.

Miss Saigon.  By Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.  Dir. Nicholas Hytner.  Original London Cast Recording.  London.  1988.

Platoon.   Dir. Oliver Stone.  Perf. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen.  Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

Trudeau, Garry.  “Showtime in the Tunnelplex.  (Movies shown during the Vietnam War).”  Time  15 July 1996:  73.

Weiner, Tim.  “New Files Prove Vietnam Cover-up:  U.S. Military Lied to Families on Deaths of Secret Agents.”  New York Times  9 June 1996:  A1.

Wexler, Sanford.  The Vietnam War:  An Eyewitness History.  New York:  Facts On File.  1992.

Vietnam Site Links

The Vietnam Project

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/

A number of online archives exist already to remember major military conflicts (particularly for World War II), so it is fitting that the Vietnam War also have a significant web presence. Designed by a dedicated team at Texas Tech University, the Virtual Vietnam Archive "enables scholars, students and all interested in this remarkable period in our world history to conduct research directly from universities, schools, libraries, and homes." Currently, the project contains over 1.5 million pages of materials online, ranging from photographs, slides, audio and video recordings, and a number of oral histories. The search engine for the archive is quite powerful and simple to use, and allows users to specify dates, media format desired, language, and document title. While the site doesn't offer any thematically organized collections per se, there is a real wealth of material here. One particular highlight is the number of oral history audio files online here. These are drawn from a number of persons involved with the Vietnam War in a number of capacities. Additionally, visitors will want to check out the wealth of material related to the proceedings and history of the Vietnam Project, including newsletters and project updates.