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HIST 4990: Vietnam War: Getting Started

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC

Watching Vietnam: Nonfiction

Vietnam and the War
Electronice Resources (in Films on Demand)
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
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Video DVD E840.4.M46 F64 2004
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
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Video DVD DS558 .M67 2009
Hearts and Minds
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Video DVD DS558 .H42 2002
Vietnam: A Television History
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Video DVD DS557.5 .V547 2004

Watching Vietnam: Fiction

Medium Cool (1969)
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Video DVD PN1997 .M425 2013
Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001)
Extended version of 1979 film Apocalypse Now.
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Video DVD PN1997 .A66 2001
Platoon (1986)
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Video DVD PN1997 .P655 2005
China Beach (1988-1991)
All four seasons and bonus materials are available on DVD.
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Video DVD PN1992.77 .C493
First Blood (1982)
First of the "Rambo" series.
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Video DVD PN1997 .F5445 2006

Reference Sources: Getting Started

The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Electronic resource.
The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American literature, songs, and films by Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom, eds.
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DS557.73 .H55 1998
Cold War: The Essential Reference Guide by James R. Arnold and Roberta Wiener, eds.
Electronic resource.

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