Library Guides: HIST 419: America and the Vietnam War: Home

Required Texts

America's Longest War by George C. Herring
Call Number: DS558 .H45 2002

ISBN: 0072417552

Publication Date: 2001-11-01

Comprehensive yet concise, America's Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but seeks to integrate military, diplomatic, and political factors in order to clarify America's involvement and ultimate failure in Vietnam. While it focuses on the American side of the equation, it provides sufficient consideration of the Vietnamese side to make the events comprehensible.

Paper Resources

Writing Resource- Monograph
A general guide for writing a book review on a scholarly monograph. If you have never written one before, this is a good starting point to get a better understanding of what the professor will be looking for in your book review of a scholarly monograph.
Writing Resource- Literature
This is a good source on writing a literature review for an upper level history course, as there are different requirements than a typical English review for a literary source. This source also goes over methods of organizing your literature review that will be helpful in starting to write your paper.
Writing Resource- Film Analysis
A general guide to writing a film analysis including how to watch a film analytically, creating an outline for your fillm analysis, and examples of different types of film analyses
Chicago Manual Style
This is the official Chicago Manual Style website and an excellent resource on how to cite your sources using the Chicago Manual Style which is a requirement for all upper level history courses.

OneSearch

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Once you know what book you will be reviewing in your paper, this is a search bar from the CSU library database that gives you access to free versions of books you may want to review.