America’s longest war. The story of how the United States was drawn into a war in Southeast Asia — the chronology of its events, the toll in American lives, and the documents that shaped it.
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The events, the human cost, and the documents of America’s longest war.
timelineThe chronology of the war, year by year, from the first advisors to the fall of Saigon.
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by the numbersAmerican military deaths in Vietnam, year by year — 57,011 in all.
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by the numbersUS military personnel in Vietnam at the height of the war.
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primary sourcesThe key documents of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution onward.
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