Greeting:<br><br>For all of the (SE Asian) scholars out there; by SE Asian scholars I mean anyone who studies SE Asian's and not just those of us who are SE Asian descents. 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 SE Asian scholars on this listserv or anyone that is involve with SE Asian Studies hereafter ever consider adopting the name "American War" instead of the "Vietnam War?"<br>
<br>Just my curiosity...await your feed back...<br><br>-Tzianeng Vang,<br>651.238.5300<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Maxner, Steve <<a href="mailto:steve.maxner@ttu.edu">steve.maxner@ttu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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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>
Special Collections Library Room 108<br>
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