Additional Resources for A Rumor of War
The links below can provide additional detail for your papers on the Vietnam War and Philip
Caputo’s memoir, A Rumor of War .
Notable Resources Online
The Vietnam Center and Archive, Oral History Collection . Texas Tech University.
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This website features a series of oral histories with veterans of the Vietnam War. They provide frank perspectives on the nature of life in Vietnam, combat, and their return home after the war.
The Vietnam War: Oral Histories . University of South Florida.
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This website features another collection of oral histories of Vietnam veterans.
Rutgers University Oral History Archives, The Vietnam War .
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Another collection of interviews with Vietnam veterans .
Iraq and Vietnam: Differences, Similarities, and Insights . Strategic Studies Institute, U.S.
Army War College. (2004)
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This article describes some views on comparing Iraq and Vietnam. Keep in mind that the article was written early-on during the occupation of Iraq.
“Comparing Iraq and Vietnam,” James Jay Carafano. Heritage Institute. April 16, 2004.
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This article provides a comparison of the Iraq War and the Vietnam War, in terms of military objectives, strategy, and probably outcome.
“The Iraq-Vietnam Comparison,”
Joseph Carroll, June 15, 2004, Gallup.com.
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This article provides comparative data on American support for the Vietnam and Iraq wars.
“Americans Divided on How Well Iraq War Is Going For U.S.,”
Jeffery M. Jones,
Gallup.com, August 5, 2010.
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This article provides data on public support for the Iraq War from 2003 to 2010.

“Americans Less Pessimistic About U.S. Progress in Afghanistan,” Jeffery M. Jones,
Gallup.com, November 29, 2010.
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This article provides data on public support for the war in Afghanistan from 2002 to
2010.
“Worse Than Vietnam,”
Robert Wright. New York Times, November 23, 2010.
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This opinion piece argues that the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan in some ways is more risky than the Vietnam War, in terms of strategy, cost, and the potential loss in lives.
“Afghanistan is neither Vietnam nor Iraq,”
Katherine Tiedemann, Foreign Policy Online,
November 10, 2009.
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This opinion piece argues that the conflict in Afghanistan is historically unique and should be viewed in those terms.
“Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan,”
Conference held by John Hopkins University’s Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies. C-SPAN Television, March 5, 2010.
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This video features a collection of experts on military strategy comparing the wars in
Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
“Costs of Major U.S. Wars,”
Stephen Daggett, Congressional Research Service, June 29,
2010.
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This brief analysis by a U.S. government agency provides comparisons of the economic costs of America’s wars.