Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S.

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

“Turning Point: The Vietnam War” opens with Brooklyn-born Scott Camil telling his piece of the American story. Camil says his stepfather was involved in the John Birch Society and hammered into him ...

Vietnam was the first “living room war,” seen on TV and through remarkable photography. Photojournalists captured war’s most personal moments, the best and worst of human nature. They felt the bombs.

April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the end of South Vietnam and the conclusion of the Vietnam War. The toll it took on both North and South was enormous: 1.1 million ...

Test your knowledge about the conflict that defined a generation. A half-century after the war’s finale, the aging of the baby boomer generation means firsthand memories of the conflict are fading.