The country is moving closer to a genuine reckoning with painful and politically sensitive realities about the war that pitted Vietnamese against each other. April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of ...

What if? Those two words are easy to ask, whether about our own lives or world history. But the answers can be haunting—a different choice might have created a better opportunity or prevented a ...

When Americans think of being at war, they might think of images of their fellow citizens suffering. We count the dead and wounded. We follow veterans on their difficult journey of recovery from ...

2001-07-29T09:57:43-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/28b/165320-m.jpgMr. Karnow talked about his book, Vietnam: A History, published by Penguin USA. The author ...

In early February, I paid my second visit to Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Unlike my first visit, which was four years ago, this time I decided to spend much of the five days exploring the various ...

On this day in history, in 1973, the United States, South Vietnam, the Viet Cong and North Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords, which formally brought an end to the Vietnam War. The Paris Peace ...

The Vietnam War remains one of the most divisive and controversial chapters in U.S. history. It was a conflict marked by a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Northern Vietnam is a land where the echoes of history resonate in every corner, from the UNESCO-recognized Thang Long Imperial Citadel to the water puppet performances that have entertained ...

A+E Networks Asia has launched HISTORY in Vietnam on MobiTV, fully subtitled in Vietnamese. The launch of the 24-hour HD channel in Vietnam adds to its global footprint 120 million households across ...

On April 29, 1975, in the last chaotic hours of the war, U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Blue Ridge push a helicopter into the sea to make room on deck for more evacuation flights from Saigon.