Vietnam

Total War

The means, tactics and strategies employed by Vietnamese communist authorities against the occupying French.

When, in 1931, the Vietnamese revolutionary Nguyen Ai Quoc was discovered to be hiding in Hong Kong, the French authorities requested the British extradite him to Indochina where a death sentence awaited.

The Nuclear Taboo

The need to preserve alliances was a compelling reason not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.

Vietnam: The War That Never Ended

A look at the Vietnam War from two contrasting perspectives.

The Vietnam War: A History in Song

The ‘First Television War’ was also documented in over 5,000 songs. From protest to patriotism, popular music reveals the complexity of America’s two-decade long experience struggling against communism in Vietnam.

The Tide Turns in Vietnam: The Tet Offensive

Growing impatient with the slow chug of a stagnant war, in 1968 the North Vietnamese authorities planned a major offensive. The Tet Offensive did not deliver the anticipated fatal blow, but it did help turn the tide of the Vietnam War.

Photo of Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, early 20th century. (aka-images)

Vietnam Before The War

Vietnamese national identity has been forged in opposition to foreign invaders. But while a united Vietnam is a recent development, the country has long been coloniser as well as colonised.

Britain, Vietnam and the Special Relationship

Though UK governments rejected US requests to send troops to Vietnam, Britain did not stay out of the war, says Marc Tiley.

The French and Indo-China

The connexions of the French with Vietnam began in the eighteenth century; D.R. Watson describes how their legacy was passed to the United States in 1954.