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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Tzianeng Vang:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you very much for your message and for raising this
interesting question. I think this is mostly a matter of perspective and
the name used in describing this or any war must provide clarity for the user
and audience. When we travel to SEA, especially Viet Nam, when in
discussions with students and scholars there about this war, we use their
reference point and call it “the American War.” However, when
here in the US, if we called it “the American war” – it would
be very confusing to an American audience. Which “American”
war would we be discussing since all of the wars that the US has been involved
in have been “American.” Perhaps we could change the name to the
American-Vietnam War – but that is redundant to an American audience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Further, I am not sure it is accurate to call this “the
American War.” The Republic of Vietnam was very heavily engaged in
this war and lost many more thousands of their soldiers in the fighting than
did the US – and there were other country forces from Australia, South
Korea, and elsewhere. To call it “the American War” is to
negate the important role of these other nations in this war, especially the
former Republic of Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Just my two cents…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><br>
Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Txiabneeb Vaj
[mailto:txiabneeb@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maxner, Steve<br>
<b>Cc:</b> tlc@lists.ucr.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tlc] Vietnam Center and Archive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Maxner, Steve <<a
href="mailto:steve.maxner@ttu.edu">steve.maxner@ttu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Greetings:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I am new to this list and I
wanted to provide a brief introduction to you regarding our project.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Since 1989, the Vietnam
Center at Texas Tech has been promoting the study and preserving the history of
the US experience in</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Vietnam,
especially during</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the
Vietnam War. Since that time, we have collected</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>more than 20 million pages of
material in our traditional 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 must admit that, in
some ways, I regret the current name of our project,</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>"The Vietnam Center and
Archive" as it is too restrictive in terms of our actual missions and
scope. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We changed
it to this</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>shorter name</span>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>in the mid-1990s as our board
felt the previous name was too long</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>–
the Center</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>for the
Study of the Vietnam Conflict. While</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>it was</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>longer,
it was also</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>far more
accurate in describing our work which</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>involves
the entire theater and all nations involved</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>– to include Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. </span>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We have many archival
collections that cover</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>historical</span>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>events and activities in Laos,
Cambodia, and Thailand. In</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>addition,
our current activities to promote the study of</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the role of the US in Southeast Asia as well as
reconciliation between our nations includes scholarships and other</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>university projects in Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You can learn more about
our project online here: </span> <a href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu"
target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.vietnam.ttu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I hope you will visit our
website and I look forward to participating in this discussion about</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Steve </span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>Stephen
Maxner, Ph.D.<br>
Director<br>
The Vietnam Center<br>
<br>
The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University<br>
Special Collections Library Room 108<br>
15th and Detroit<br>
Lubbock, TX</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>
79409-1041<br>
<br>
Phone:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>
806-742-9010<br>
Fax:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'>
806-742-0496<br>
Email:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:steve.maxner@ttu.edu" target="_blank">steve.maxner@ttu.edu</a><br>
Website:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"'> <a
href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu" target="_blank">www.vietnam.ttu.edu</a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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