CURRENT PRINTABLE VERSION OVERVIEW THE VIETNAM WAR DIGITAL HISTORY VIETNAM THE LONGEST WAR AMERICAN HISTORY UNPOPULAR AMERICAN WAR THE 20TH CENTURY NEARLY AMERICAN DEATHS VIETNAMESE AMERICANS WHETHER THE AMERICAN NECESSARY NOBLE CAUSE IDEALISTIC PROTECT THE SOUTH TOTALITARIAN WAR AGAINST BILLION FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE UNITED FRENCH DIEN BIEN PHU PEACE CONFERENCE DIVIDED SOUTH COMMUNIST REFUSED HOLD UNIFICATION VIET CONG BEGUN BATTLE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES SENT MILITARY ADVISORS NUMBER THE MILITARY CONDITION SOUTH VIETNAM FERTILE MEKONG DELTA PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON AIR STRIKES NORTH GROUND 1968 TET OFFENSIVE THE NORTH TURNED THE NEXT RICHARD VIETNAMIZATION AMERICAN TROOPS GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIGHTING NIXON ATTEMPTED SLOW THE FLOW OF NORTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS AMERICAN FORCES DESTROY SUPPLY BASES VIOLATED NEUTRALITY ANTIWAR PROTESTS COLLEGE CONFLICT JANUARY 1973 AGREEMENT REACHED PRISONERS OF WAR APRIL 1975 SURRENDERED TO THE NORTH CONSEQUENCES COST LIVES IN BETWEEN CONGRESS ENACTED THE WAR POWERS THE PRESIDENT CONGRESSIONAL