The first-ever collection of stories from NPR explores the Vietnam War from the perspective of both ordinary people affected by the conflict and high-ranking policy makers and military officials.

NPR reports on the Vietnam War, from its origins to the major battles, through the Fall of Saigon, to repercussions of the conflict still felt today.

Contents:

Introduction by Audie Cornish

At the Vietnam War Memorial

May Day War Protest in Washington, D.C.

Gulf of Tonkin’s Phantom Attack

POW Wives

Ruth Harrison

Soldiers’ Stories: Protesting Vietnam

A Red Cross Worker’s War Memories

Dick Gregory: Ideologies and War

A Soldier’s Daughter

‘Dangerous Man’ Daniel Ellsberg Reflects

A Vietnam Vet in His Own Words

Cronkite on Vietnam War

McNamara, Morris, and The Fog of War

The Vietnam War, Through Eddie Adams’ Lens

“Zippo Songs” of Vietnam

At Vietnam Memorial, Unlikely Bond Began

My Lai Eyewitness

A Wartime Diary Touches Vietnamese

Vietnam Homecoming: Communism and Memories

Forgotten Ship: A Daring Rescue as Saigon Fell

Shots Still Reverberate for Survivors of Kent State

Billy Bang’s “Vietnam: The Aftermath”

Remembering Reunification

Goodbye, Saigon

Saigons and Bygones

Audie Cornish

Voz