Greeting:<br><br>For all of the scholars out there. In the western world, US especially, it is called the Vietnam War, but in Asia or at least in the regions/areas that I am familiar with in SE Asia, it is referred to as the American War; the same goes with World War II. The Hmong in Laos called it the Japan War. <br>
<br>My question is will the scholars on this listserv or anyone that is involve with SE Asian Studies ever consider adopting the name "American War" instead of the "Vietnam War?"<br><br>Just my curiosity...<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Maxner, Steve <<a href="mailto:steve.maxner@ttu.edu" target="_blank">steve.maxner@ttu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Greetings:</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I am new to this list and I wanted to provide a brief intro</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">duction to you regarding our project.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Since 1989, the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech has been promoting the study and preserving the history of the US experience in</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Vietnam, especially during</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">the Vietnam War. Since that time, we have collected</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">more than 20 million pages of material in our tradi</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">tional archive, have more than 500 interviews in our oral history project, and provide free online access to nearly 3 million pages of archival material via our Virtual Vietnam Archive. I</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> must admit that, i</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">n some ways, I regre</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">t the current name of our project,</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">"</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">The Vietnam Center and Archive</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">"</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> as it is too restrictive in terms of our actual mission</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">s</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> and scope. </font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">We changed it to this</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">shorter name</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">in the mid-1990s as our board felt the previous name was too long</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">–</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> the Center</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">for the Study of the Vietnam Conflict. While</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">it was</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">longer, it was</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> also</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">far more accurate in describing our work which</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">involves</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> the entire theater and all nations involved</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">–</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> to include Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">We have many archival collections that cover</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">historical</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">events an</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">d activities in Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. In</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">addition</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">, our current activities to promote the study of</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">the role of the US in Southeast Asia as well as reconciliation between our nations includes scholarships and other</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">university</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> projects in Vietnam, Laos</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">, and Cambodia.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">You can learn more about our project online here:</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu" target="_blank"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">www.vie</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">t</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">nam.ttu.edu</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I hope you will visit our website and I look forward to participating in this discussion about</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Best regards,</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Steve</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial Unicode MS" size="2">Stephen Maxner, P</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS" size="2">h.D.<br>
Director<br>
The Vietnam Center<br>
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The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University<br>
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