American History for Truthdiggers: Vietnam, a U.S. Tragedy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 20, 2019 Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

North Korea’s Kim Leaves Vietnam After Summit Breakdown

FOSTER KLUG and EMILY WANG / The Associated Press Mar 2, 2019 Kim spends his last day in Hanoi laying wreaths at a war memorial and at the mausoleum of Vietnamese national hero Ho Chi Minh. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Have We Learned Anything From My Lai?

Barbara Myers / Truthdig Mar 15, 2018 The 50th anniversary of the U.S. massacre in Vietnam offers an opportunity to take stock of American culpability for the gravest of crimes. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant Wants to Make Vietnam Great Again (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig and Robert Scheer Nov 17, 2017 The director chats with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer about her newest film, "The General and Me," which explores her 25-year relationship with Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

An Epic Film on the Vietnam War Stops Short

Barbara Myers / Truthdig Oct 20, 2017 The Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary fails to grapple with the issue of U.S. culpability. If America is not honest with itself, we will never learn the lessons of the war. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Best We Could Do

Janice G. Raymond / Truthdig Apr 8, 2017 I thought graphic novels were kid stuff -- and there is no better book to prove me wrong than this turbulent memoir of a Vietnamese family. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S. Starts Cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 10, 2012 Almost 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States has established a cleanup program to address the effects of toxic chemicals used during the conflict that continue to afflict the Vietnamese people with cancers, birth defects and other diseases. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )