The Tet Offensive, a massive surprise attack launched by the Vietnamese on January 30, 1968, was a turning point in the Vietnam War.

Lyndon Baines Johnson became president on the heels of a national tragedy. Review his domestic and foreign policy using the following summary, questions for critical thinking, references for further study, and a question/answer section...

A monumental tube of lipstick sprouting from a military vehicle appeared, uninvited, on the campus of Yale University amidst the 1969 student protests against the Vietnam War. Claes Oldenburg made this sculpture and it served as a stage...

Three poems inspired by the war experiences of poet Leroy Quintana

These excerpts appeared in "Time Magazine" between 1967 and 1968 and reveal the country's frustration with the growing influence of the sixties counterculture.

A partial biography of Calley that gives sketches of what people thought about him. The verdict and sentence he received is also covered.

The My Lai Massacre in 1968 saw the mass killing of unarmed South Vietnamese people, most of whom were old men, women, and children, by American troops.