[Tlc] Vietnam Center and Archive

Tue May 20 10:46:48 PDT 2008

Steve,

I would agree with you a 100% with the exception that the American or the
American Government was the one that started the war to fuel the
international involvement. The Republic of South Vietnam lost so much life
as a result of it. So my point is that if we remove all parties, the US
remain the one and the only one that ignited the whole war and continue to
fuel it until its doom in '73. But that just my take on it...

Now it is almost ideal to have a title named "America War: Korean, Vietnam,
Iraq etc..." Will chat more later...thanks for your quick reply....

-Tzianeng

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Maxner, Steve <steve.maxner at ttu.edu>
wrote:

>  Dear Tzianeng Vang:
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Just my two cents…
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Txiabneeb Vaj [mailto:txiabneeb at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:41 AM
> *To:* Maxner, Steve
> *Cc:* tlc at lists.ucr.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Tlc] Vietnam Center and Archive
>
>
>
> Greeting:
>
> 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.
>
> 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?"
>
> Just my curiosity...await your feed back...
>
> -Tzianeng Vang,
> 651.238.5300
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Maxner, Steve <steve.maxner at ttu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> I am new to this list and I wanted to provide a brief introduction to you
> regarding our project.
>
> Since 1989, the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech has been promoting the study
> and preserving the history of the US experience in Vietnam, especially
> during the Vietnam War.  Since that time, we have collected 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, "The Vietnam Center and Archive" as it is too restrictive in
> terms of our actual missions and scope.  We changed it to this shorter
> name in the mid-1990s as our board felt the previous name was too long –
> the Center for the Study of the Vietnam Conflict.  While it was longer, it
> was also far more accurate in describing our work which involves the
> entire theater and all nations involved – to include Thailand, Laos, and
> Cambodia.  We have many archival collections that cover historical events
> and activities in Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.  In addition, our current
> activities to promote the study of the role of the US in Southeast Asia as
> well as reconciliation between our nations includes scholarships and other university
> projects in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
>
> You can learn more about our project online here:  www.vietnam.ttu.edu
>
> I hope you will visit our website and I look forward to participating in
> this discussion about Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.
> Director
> The Vietnam Center
>
> The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
> Special Collections Library Room 108
> 15th and Detroit
> Lubbock, TX  79409-1041
>
> Phone:  806-742-9010
> Fax:  806-742-0496
> Email:  steve.maxner at ttu.edu
> Website:  www.vietnam.ttu.edu
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