VIET NAM WAR/SECOND INDOCHINA WAR:

DOCUMENTARY SOURCES

 

 

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General

America in Vietnam: A Documentary History. N.Y.: Norton, 1989. MAIN DS 558 .A44 1989

Columbia University Oral History Collection. Westport, Ct.: Meckler, 1985. FICHE E 18 .C6 (Guide: MICGUIDE E 18 .C6 1985 & Z 1361 .C6 C64 1979)

Davison, W. Phillips. User's Guide to the RAND Interviews in Vietnam. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corp., 1972. MAIN DS 557 .A68 D3 1972

Documents on the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [Cambridge, Mass.] : M.I.T. Libraries, 1967. FILM 4193

Dorland, Gilbert N. Legacy of Discord : Voices of the Vietnam War Era 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, c2001 MAIN DS558 .D63 2001

Film and Propaganda in America: A Documentary History. Volume 4: 1945 and After. N.Y.: Greenwood Press, 1990. OVERSIZED PN 1993.5 .U6 F47 1990

Firing Line with William F. Buckley. N.Y.: WOR-TV, 1966-1971. FICHE 416

FoI Digest. Columbia, Mo.: Freedom of Information Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1959-1985. FILM 9015

Ho, Chi Minh. Selected Works. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1960-62. MAIN DS 557 .A7 H53

Ho, Chi Minh. Selected Writings, 1920-1960. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1973. MAIN DS 557 .A76 H6264

Indochina - Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos: Documents -- Web site produced by The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

John F. Kennedy Library. Vietnam National Security Files, 1961-1963. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1991. FILM 23882 (Guide: MICGUIDE E 183.8 .V5 V53 1991)

John F. Kennedy national security files, 1961-1963. Vietnam, First supplement Bethesda, Md : University Publications of America, c2002 FILM 29034

Johnson, Lyndon B. Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam papers : a documentary collection. College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, c1997. MAIN DS557.4 .J64 1997

Johnson, Lyndon. Minutes and Documents of Cabinet Meetings. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1982. FILM 17180 (Guide: MICGUIDE E 838.5 J67 G85)

Light at the End of the Tunnel : a Vietnam War Anthology. Rev. ed. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources Inc., c1999. MAIN DS558 .L54 1999

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Vietnam National Security Files, November 1963-June 1965. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1985. FILM 23912 (Guide: MICGUIDE DS 558 .G95 1992)

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Vietnam Special Subjects: National Security Files, 1963-1969. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1990. FILM 23065 (Guide: MICGUIDE DS 557.4 .G82 1990)


McGarvey, Patrick J. Visions of victory; selected Vietnamese Communist military writings, 1964-1968. Stanford, Calif., Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University [1969] MAIN DS557.A6 M22

McMahon, Robert J. Major problems in the history of the Vietnam War : documents and essays. 3rd. ed. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2003. MAIN DS557.7 .M355 2003

Public Papers of the Presidents. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. DOCS AE2.114 Hoover through Clinton with the exception of F.D. Roosevelt.

South Viet Nam National Front for Liberation; documents. [Saigon?] Giai Phong Pub. House, 1968. SPECIAL American Radicalism JQ898.N37 S65 1968

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Causes, Origins, and Lessons of the Vietnam War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973. DOCS Y4 .F76/2: V67/24

United States. Pacific Command. Report on the War in Vietnam as of 30 June 1968. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1969. DOCS D101.2: V67

User's Guide to Southeast Asia Combat Data. Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand Corp., 1976. MAIN DS 557.4 .U8

Vadas, Robert E. Cultures in conflict--the Viet Nam War Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. MAIN DS557.7 .V29 2002

Vietnam; History, Documents, And Opinions On A Major World Crisis. Greenwich, Conn., Fawcett Publications [1965] MAIN & SPECIAL DS557.A5 G47

Vietnam Documents: American and Vietnamese Views of the War. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1992. MAIN DS 557.4 .V55 1992

Vietnam Documents And Research Notes Series: Translation And Analysis Of Significant Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Documents: Microfilmed From The Holdings Of The Library Of The U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c1991. FILM 27760

Vietnam Reader: Sources and Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1991. MAIN DS 557.4 .V56 1991

The Vietnam War (The New York Times 20th century in review).Chicago ; London : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. MAIN DS557.4 .V554 2001

Congressional

CIS U.S. Serial Set Index, 1789-1969. 12 parts, 36 V. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1975. GD I/R Congressional Reference KF 49 .C5 C65 Includes Congressional Reports and Documents, accessed by subject, name, etc.

CIS Congressional Information Service Index, 1970-. GD I/R Congressional Reference J69.C58 Includes Congressional Reports, Hearings, Committee Prints, and other documents; has subject/name, title, and legislative history indexes and appendices.

CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index, 1833-1969. GD I/R Congressional Reference Z 1223 .A2 C5

CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index from the Earliest Publications Through 1969. GD I/R Congressional Reference Z 1223 .Z7 C66

Online access to the above resources:
Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969 (via Lexis-Nexis). To access:

  • Click on http://www.lib.msu.edu/dbases/ln.html
  • Then click on "Connect to Lexis-Nexis Academic"
  • On the left-hand side of the screen, find "Search for Other Information," then click on "Congressional"
  • 1954-1969: Click on "Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969"
  • 1970-1973: Click on "CIS Index"

    • Congress and Foreign Policy. 1974- . Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. DOCS Y4 .F76/1: C76/11

    Gibbons, William Conrad. The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, 1984- :

    VOLUME

    MAIN

    		DOCS

    v. 1 (1945-1961):

    DS 558 .G52 1986 Vol. 1

    FICHE Y4 .F76/2:S. prt. 98-185, Pt. 1

    v. 2 (1961-1964):

    DS 558 .G52 1986 Vol. 2

    FICHE Y4 .F76/2:S. prt. 98-185, Pt. 2

    v. 3 (Jan.-June 1965)

    DS 558 .G52 1986 Vol. 3

    Never received

    v. 4 (July 1965-1968)

    DS 558 .G52 1986 Vol. 4

    FICHE Y 4.F 76/2: S.prt. 103-83/

    Legislation on Foreign Relations through... 1957- . Annual. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. DOCS: Y4 .F76/1: L52 & Y4 .F76/2: L52

    Major Studies and Issue Briefs of the Congressional Research Service. 1916-1989 Cumulative Index. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information Service, 1990. GD I/R Congressional Reference JK 1108 .G82

    Pentagon Papers

                                                               


    United States. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee. Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 80th Congress (1947/48)-[88th Congress (1963)]. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976- . DOCSY4 .F76/2: Ex3/2

    Diplomatic

    American Foreign Policy Series:

    Dates

    Title

    1941-1949

    Decade of American Foreign Policy : Basic Documents. Revised edition. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State, 1985. DOCS S1.69: 415

    1950-1955

    American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955 : Basic Documents. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State, 1957. DOCS S1.71: 117

    1956-1967

    American Foreign Policy Current Documents. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State, 1959-1969. DOCS S1.71/2

    1968-1976

    In Preparation.

    Bunker, Ellsworth. The Bunker Papers: Reports to the President from Vietnam, 1967-1973. San Francisco: Asian Foundation, 1990. MAIN DS 557.4 .B86 1990

    Confidential U.S. State Department special files. Vietnam Working Group, 1963-1966, Lot Files. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, [2003] FILM 29041 MICGUIDE DS558 .C664 2004

    Department of State Bulletin. 1939- . Monthly. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State. DOCSS1.3

    Documents of the National Security Council. FILM 17183 (Guide: MICGUIDE UA 23 .A2 D5)

    Foreign Relations of the United States. 1861- . Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State


    Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam: Transcripts & Files. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1982. FILM 17177 (Guide: MICGUIDE DS 559.7 .T73)

    Paris Agreement on Vietnam: Fundamental Juridical Problems. Hanoi: Institute of Juridical Sciences, 1973. MAIN DS 557 .A69 I5

    Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State, 1991. DOCS S9.12/2

    United States Treaties and Other International Agreements. 1950- . Annual. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of State. DOCS S9.12

    United States-Vietnam Relations. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1971. MAIN E 183.8 .V5 A45

    Vietnam. Quoc hoi. Contre l'agression americaine: principaux documents de l'Assemblee nationales de la R.D.V... MAIN DS 558.5 .V54 1965a

    Military/National Security

    CovertAction Information Bulletin. Washington, D.C.: Covert Action Pubs., 1978-1983. FILM 18009

    CIA Reference Aid Collection. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1950-1978. FICHE JK 468 .I6

    Declassified Documents Reference System.. Woodbridge, Conn.: Primary Sources Media.This microfiche set (DOCS FICHE (J 83) contains documents formerly classified "top secret," "secret" or "confidential" by the Defense Department, CIA, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), etc., during the post-World War II period.

    Millis, Walter. American Military Thought. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merill, 1966. MAIN UA 23 .M565

    Research in Military Records: Vietnam War (U.S. National Archives)

    United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1980-1981:

    Title

    Microfilm Number

    Guide Call Number

    Far East.

    FILM 17894

    MICGUIDE DS 518.8 .U65 1979

    Meetings of JCS.

    FILM 17898

    MICGUIDE D 839.3 .G845

    Strategic Issues, Section 1

    FILM 17892

    MICGUIDE D 839.3 .G848

    Strategic Issues, Section 2

    FILM 17893

    MICGUIDE D 839.3 .G849

    United States

    FILM 17900

    MICGUIDE D 839.3 .G83

     

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