Thesis: The revolution in Vietnam, led by Ho Chi Minh, freed Vietnam out from under French rule, bringing

about the opportunity for reunification, but instead created an unstable civil war in Vietnam. Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources: Chi Minh, Ho . "Letter of Ho Chi Minh to Lyndon Johnson." CHSS Data Center. chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/hotolbj.html (accessed May 14, 2012). This letter to Lyndon Johnson contains a valuable quote that support Ho Chi Minh's cause. "The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man." "Dien Bien Phu Has Fallen Sound Clip, Quote, MP3, and Ringtone". Hark Sound Clips, Movie Quotes and Ringtones. 4 November, 2011. <http://www.hark.com/clips/wkyzdtkztn- dienbien-phu-has-fallen>. The website contains an audio clip said by John Foster Dulles while announcing to the public that Dien Bien Phu has fallen. We quoted part of the audio clip in a recording. Foreign Languages Publishing House. "Founding of the Indochinese Communist Party". Marxists Internet Archive. 4 November, 2011. <http://www.marxists.org/reference/ archive/ho-chi-minh/works/1930/02/18.htm>. This website contains the Appeal Made on the Occasion of the Founding of the Indochinese Communist Party by Ho Chi Minh. We used the ten points in our website. "Learn About The Biography of Mao Zedong Video 5min.com". Life Videopdedia. 4 November, 2011. <http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-The-Biography-of-MaoZedong-117505251>. The video on this site is used in our website on the Mao Zedong page to give a description of him and to teach the reader about his accomplishments. Zedong was a fascinating character and played a key role in the revolution in Vietnam siding with the north vietnamese. "Ngo Dinh Diem -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 4 November, 2011. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/ 72058/On-November-1-1963-South-Vietnamese-President-Ngo-Dinh-Diem>. This site contains a video that we used to show how Ngo Dihn Diem died. Ngo Dihn Diem would later become the first president of South Vietnam.

Schomp, Virginia. The Vietnam War. New York: Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2002. The Vietnam War is a primary source containing numerous letters and personal accounts of the war in Vietnam and other wars in American history. We used this book to gain knowledge from a insiders view on the war. "Vietnam Declaration of Independence". Coombsweb: ANU Asian and the Pacific Studies Server - ANU College of Asia and the Pacific - ANU. 4 November, 2011. <http://www.coombs.anu.edu.au/-vern/van_kien/declar.html>. The Declaration of Vietnam, delivered by Ho Chi Minh, is the document that is included on this website. The declaration of Ho Chi Minh was important to gain supporters and popularity in Vietnam. Secondary Sources: Anderson, Dale. The Tet Offensive: turning point of the Vietnam War. Minneapolis, Minn.: Compass Point Books, 2005. This book gave in depth information on the circumstances of the Tet offensive and the affects it had on American foreign policy. The source was very helpful in understanding what the Tet offensive was and its affects. Ashabranner, Brent K., and Jennifer Ashabranner. Always to remember: the story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1988. The memorial stands for the fallen American soldiers and is primarily recognized recognized in this book. The architecture and the feelings evoked from visiting this memorial are also transcribed in this book. "Battlefield Vietnam". PBS. 3 October, 2011. <http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam>. This source provided a detailed timeline of the events prior to the actual war in Vietnam. This site also describes the main events leading to the war which helped us with our background information on the revolution. "BBC News - Timeline: Vietnam". BBC News - Home. 4 November, 2011. <http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1243686.stm>. This website has a detailed timeline that helped us during the event of determining the main events that occurred during the First Indochina War. Some of the major events in this timeline were used for key headings on our website.

Bello, Walden F. Ho Chi Minh: Down With Colonialism!. New York: Verso, 2007. Ho Chi Minh became a hate figure of the USA after the war in Vietnam. This book shows step by step his leadership in leading Vietnam out from under French rule. Bonds, Ray. The Vietnam War: the illustrated history of the conflict in Southeast Asia. rev. ed. New York: Crown Publishers, 1983. A detailed interpretation of the weapons and tactics used in each battle. The pictures in this book were extremely helpful in understanding what really happened in the war. Brocheux, Pierre. Ho Chi Minh: A Biography. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. This book is a biography of Ho Chi Minh that includes his leadership role in leading Vietnam out from under French rule. It also included a detailed timeline that was helpful in our research. Cima, Ronald J., ed. Vietnam: A Country Study. Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1989. This source provided helpful information on Ho Chi Minh, Ngo Dinh Diem and Mao Zedong for the Key Figures section of our website. The Key Figures section helps the viewer understand who the main characters in the war truly were. Dudley, William, and David L. Bender. The Vietnam war: opposing viewpoints. 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1990. Many journal articles and periodical are included in this source. This was helpful in our research because it encouraged us to continue to explore different viewpoints on the war and helped us make our own assessment. Duiker, William J.. The Communist road to power in Vietnam. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1981. The Communist road to power in Vietnam is a book source that was crucial in explaining the communists conquest of Vietnam. This source helped create a better understanding of the conquest and of the communists. Duiker, William J.. Ho Chi Minh. New York: Hyperion, 2000. This biography helped us develop a short bio on Ho Chi Minh to better understand his character. It was quite long but important in the development of his biography.

Gannon, Martin J., and Rajnandini Pillai. Understanding global cultures: metaphorical journeys through 31 nations, clusters of nations, continents, and diversity. 5th ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2013. This book allowed us to use the following quote: "After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment". This quote supports our two maps of the original Indochina and new Vetnam's. Gibson, Karen Bush. The Vietnam War. Hockessin, Del.: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2008. This book talks about the controversy surrounding the war and how the media played a role in broadcasting images which affected America's stance on the war. Some images from this book were used on our website. Gifford, Clive. The Vietnam War. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent Books, 2005. This book was a helpful source in providing preliminary information leading up to the Vietnam War. The preliminary background was the most important to understanding how the war happened and what side you would take. Herring, George C.. America's longest war: the United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975. New York: Knopf, 1979. Americas Longest War focuses more on the War in Vietnam rather than the Revolution in Vietnam. The end of the revolution though is detailed in the beginning which helped us for the aftermath. "Ho Chi Minh Biography." Paralumun New Age Village. http://www.paralumun.com/ warhochiminh.htm (accessed May 14, 2012). The quote, "Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability". This quote supports Ho Chi Minh's cause and is used to help support the biography of Ho Chi Minh page. Hoditz, Reinhold. Portrait of Ho Chi Minh, an illustrated biography.. [1st ed. New York: Herder and Herder, 1972. This book is a biography of Ho Chi Minh that includes his role in leading Vietnam out from under French rule. It also included many pictures illustrating the bibliographical information.

Hunt, David. Vietnam's southern revolution: from peasant insurrection to total war. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. Hunt vividly describes the revolution in the southern part of Vietnam in his book. This was helpful in describing the current situation of both sides at different time periods during the war. Joseph, William. "Syllabus: Revolution and War in Vietnam". Redirect to Wellesley College website. 10 October, 2011. <http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/Vietnam 306over. ht ml >. This article is a syllabus for a seminar focusing on the revolution in Vietnam. This syllabus gives many book sources and focus points that helped us construct our website. Langguth, AJ. Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. This book contains a very important quote we used on our home page of our website. The quotes is: "Our resistance will be long and painful, but whatever the sacrifices, however long the struggle, we shall fight to the end, until Vietnam is fully independent and reunified". Moss, George. Vietnam, an American ordeal. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2002. The American intervention in Vietnam is revealed in this book. We read through this book for extensive information following the revolution. Neale, Jonathan. A people's history of the Vietnam War. New York: New Press, 2003. A People History of the Vietnam War contains personal accounts of the war and biographies of important players. Olson, James Stuart. The Vietnam War: handbook of the literature and research. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. This book included information on the Tet offensive. The intent of the Tet offensive was to destroy the south Vietnamese forces along with the US forces. Pelley, Patricia M.. Postcolonial Vietnam: new histories of the national past. Durham [N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002. Pelley describes her view and facts about postcolonial Vietnam. She writes about actions during the revolution and the postcolonial affects they had on Vietnam.

"Quotations from Mao Tse Tung Chapter 22." Marxists Internet Archive. http:// www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch22.htm (accessed May 14, 2012). This quote was used on the bibliography page of Mao Zedong. The quotes states, "My Duty is like that of a helmsman who must steer safely the boat - the Fatherland - through storms and take people to the shores of happiness." Rice, Earle. The Tet offensive. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1996. This source was helpful because it provided maps to help us better understand the geography of Vietnam and how the battles were devised due to geographic strategics. Our interpretations of the maps were used in our website. Ruane, Kevin. War and Revolution in Vietnam: 1930 -1975. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 1998. The nation building of Vietnam and the French War is detailed in the book. This book helped us learn more about the tension and internal struggle between both North and South Vietnam. Santoli, Albert. Everything we had: an oral history of the Vietnam war by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it. New York: Random House, 1981. "Everything we had" is a account of a vietnamese soldier during the revolution Vietnam. It includes first hand accounts of the revolution and was useful in developing a perspective of the war. Sumereau, Andrew. "Archived-Articles: Why Vietnam was lost." American Thinker. http:// www.americanthinker.com/2005/05/why_vietnam_was_lost.html (accessed May 14, 2012). The quote, "You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win." This quote supports Ho Chi Minh's cause and is used to help support the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Treanor, Nick. The Vietnam War. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. This source contains primary documents of personal accounts during the war. This source helped us explore the history of the war and the affects of it on the international society.

"Vietnam". CIA World Factbook. 7 October, 2011. <http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/ the -world-factbook/geos/vm.html>. This website is an informational website about Vietnam as a country. We are using this source to better understand the state of Vietnam and what it was dealing with at the time of the revolution. Vietnamese communism, 1925-1945. Cornell Paperbacks ed. Ithaca: Published under the auspices of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, by Cornell University Press, 1986. Vietnamese Communism is a book that describes the communist rule in Vietnam. The communism in Vietnam played a major role in the revolution and in the war; countries took sides based on which side was communist and which was not. Windrow, Martin. The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2004. This book provided our project with statistics on the casualties of the First Indochina War. Wright, David K.. War in Vietnam: Book III-Vietnamization.. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1988. The Vietnamization was an act to expand the armament of the South Vietnamese military order to pull out US troops. Wright, David K.. War in Vietnam: Book IV-The fall of Vietnam.. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1988. The Fall of Vietnam is informed in this book. The South Vietnamese fell to the Northern Communist when they conquered them. Wright, David K.. War in Vietnam:Book 1-Eve of battle, prehistory to 1965.. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1988. This book focuses on the major battles during the vietnamese revolution an in the war in Vietnam. The book helped us shape our view point of the war and find information about important battles. Zhong, Wenxian. Mao Zedong: biography, assessment, reminiscences. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press :, 1986. The biography of Mao Zedong was used to create our own short bio of his famous character. Chairman Mao played a key role in the Revolution in Vietnam.