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HIST 459: America and Vietnam

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Vietnam War: Subject Keywords

When you search in the Five College Library Catalog or WorldCat, try using these subject keywords to find relevant results:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam  Foreign Relations  United States
United States  Foreign Relations  Vietnam
Vietnam (Republic)  Foreign Relations  United States
United States  Foreign Relations  Vietnam (Republic)

Sub-headings you could add to these searches might include:

Art and the war
Atrocities
Campaigns
Diplomatic history
Fiction
Influence
Literature and the war
Missing in action
Motion pictures and the war
Peace
Personal narratives
Pictorial works
Poetry
Press coverage
Prisoners and prisons
Protest movements
Psychological aspects
Public opinion
Refugees
Social aspects
Songs and music
Sources
Underground movements
Veterans
Women

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