This list is by no means exhaustive. For more information, please visit your local library, search the Internet, or contact one of the organizations or web sites listed below.

Many of the resources included here were taken from a list compiled by Booklist, the journal of the American Library Association, entitled "Delve Deeper into REGRET TO INFORM." Others were added by the producers of REGRET TO INFORM.

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BOOKS

f i c t i o n
• B'ao, Ninh. The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam. New York: Pantheon Books, 1995 (originally published in Hanoi, 1991).
• Duong, Thu Huong. Novel Without a Name. New York: Morrow, 1995.
• Dinh, Linh, ed. Night, Again. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1996.

n o n f i c t i o n
Historical approaches to the conflict:
• Fitzgerald, Frances. Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam. New York: Vintage, 1973.
• Gettleman, Marvin, E., ed. Vietnam and America: A Documented History. New York: Grove Press, 1995.
• Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History (2nd rev. and updated ed.). New York: Penguin, 1997.
• Prados, John. The Hidden History of the Vietnam War. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995.
• Reporting Vietnam (2 vol.). New York: Library of America (Penguin Putnam), 1998.
• Sheehan, Neil. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. New York: Vintage, 1989.

  Assessments of the impact of the war, the political and cultural polarization it inspired, and the postwar search for reconciliation include:

• Brandon, Heather. Casualties: Death in Vietnam, Anguish, and Survival in America. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984.
• Emerson, Gloria. Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses, and Ruins from the Vietnam War. New York: Penguin Books, 1985.
• Herr, Michael. Dispatches. New York: Vintage, 1991 c1997.
• MacPherson, Myra. Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1984
• Safer, Morley. Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1990.
• Turner, Karen Gottschang with Phan, Thanh Hao. Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam. New York: Wiley, 1998.
• Wells, Tom. The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994.
• Wiesner, Louis A. Victims and Survivors. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1988.

From self-help to sociological study, widowhood has generated a rich literature over the past several decades. Highlights among self-help books include:
• Brothers, Joyce. Widowed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992.
• Caine, Lynn. Being a Widow. New York: Penguin USA, 1990.
• Feinberg, Linda Sones. I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal. Far Hills, NJ: New Horizon Press, 1994.
• Laurent, Pauline. Grief Denied: A Vietnam Widow's Story. Santa Rosa, CA: Catalyst for Change, 1999.

Among the valuable academic studies are:
• DiGiulio, R. Beyond Widowhood: From Bereavement to Emergence and Hope. New York: Free Press, 1989.
• Lopata, Helena Z. Current Widowhood: Myths and Realities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996.

m e m o i r s
• Fall, Bernard B. Last Reflections on a War: Bernard B. Fall's Last Comments on Vietnam (foreword by Don Oberdorfer). Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000.
• Hayslip, Le Ly and Wurts, Jay. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
• Kovic, Ron. Born on the Fourth of July. New York: Vintage, 1989.
• Novak, Marian Faye. Lonely Girls with Burning Eyes: A Wife Recalls Her Husband's Journey Home from Vietnam. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991.
• Puller, Lewis B. Fortunate Son: The Authobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991.
• Smith, Winnie. American Daughter Gone to War: On the Frontlines with an Army Nurse in Vietnam. New York: Pocket Books, 1994.
• Wolff, Tobias. In Pharaoh's Army. New York: Random House, 1994.

y o u n g e r . r e a d e r s
• Boyd, Candy Dawson. Charlie Pippin. New York: Puffin Books, 1988 (1987).
• Bunting, Eve. The Wall. New York: Clarion Books, 1990.
• Gay, Kathlyn and Martin. Vietnam War. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1996.
• Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. Vietnam: Why We Fought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
• Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen Angels. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1988.
• Tran, Khanh Tuyet. The Little Weaver of Thai-yen Village. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1977.
• Warren, James A. Portrait of a Tragedy: America and the Vietnam War. New York: Lothtrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1990.
• Wright, David K. War in Vietnam. Chicago: Children's Press, 1989.

• http://www.vietvet.org
  Provides practical information (e.g., on veterans' benefits), access to interactive discussion areas and reports written by veterans and their families about recent trips to Vietnam.
• http://students.vassar.edu/~vietnam/index.html and http://www.OCF.berkeley.EDU/~sdenney
  University-based sites that give access to historical documents and links to other information sources ranging from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi to Southeast Asian newspapers.
• http://www.taps.org
  Sponsored by the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, the site deals with grief in general, supplying information and links to other resources, from government agencies to local support groups.
• http://www.teachvietnam.org
• http://www.vietgate.net/community/nonprofit/ or http://www.viet.net
  This site provides contact information for numerous organizations ranging from Vietnamese American student groups to humanitarian aid projects in Vietnam.

VIDEOS

• Winter Soldier (The Winter Soldier Collective, 1971)
• Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO Video, 1987)
• The Enemy (Films for the Humanities [CBS News], 1989)
• Hearts and Minds (MPI Media Group, 1975), 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary
• Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (Ocean Releasing, 1997), 1997 Academy Award for Best Documentary
• They Were Young and Brave (ABC Video, 1994)
• Vietnam: Chronicle of a War (CBS/Fox Video, 1981)
• Vietnam: The Soldiers' Story (ABC Video, 1998)
• Vietnam: A Television History (Sony Corporation of America, 1987 [1985])
• Vietnam: The War at Home (MPI Home Video, 1986)

  and for younger viewers:

• The Wall (Great Plains National Instructional Television Library, 1992)

• Vietnamese American Student Organizations
  

  There are hundreds of Vietnamese American student organizations at campuses across the country. A few clearinghouses on the Internet are: www.vas-dc.org/links3.htm and http://www.thsv.org/home.aspx.

• Veterans for Peace, Inc.
  733 15th Street, NW Suite 298
  Washington, DC 20005
  202.347.6780 T
  202.347.6781 F
  

  Veterans for Peace is a member organization dedicated to increasing public awareness about the costs of war, working to deter military intervention into the affairs of other nations, reducing and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and encouraging honest dialogue, diplomacy, and other non-violent means to resolve problems.

• Vets with a Mission (VWAM)
  P.O. Box 9112
  South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158
  916.542.2868 T
  916. 542.2400 F
  www.vietvet.org/vwam.htm

  Located in South Lake Tahoe, California, VWAM is a charitable organization dedicated to healing the deep wounds and devastating effects which war has inflicted upon Southeast Asia. VVAM has led numerous teams to Vietnam to perform construction projects, conduct medical and dental services, carry out fact-finding work for future missions, and fund various humanitarian projects under licenses from both the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments.

• Veterans Viet Nam Restoration Project
  P.O. Box 369
  Garberville, CA 95542
  707.923.3357 T/F
  www.vvrp.org

  Established in 1989, the VVRP organizes humanitarian aid projects (construction of medical clinics, orphanages, infrastructure) in Vietnam led by American veterans. The VVRP was the first American organization to build in Vietnam after the war. In April, 2000, the 16th team sent by VVRP will travel to Vietnam. Many of the veterans who have participated in VVRP initiatives have shown significant improvement with their healing process.

• National Council of Churches of Christ USA
  Southern Asia Office
  475 Riverside Drive, Rm. 260
  New York, NY 10115
  contact: Rick Santos
  212.870.2075 T

  Established prior to 1975, the National Council of Churches of Christ USA was one of the first organizations to initiate solidarity projects with Vietnam, and is also an excellent resource for information about Vietnam before, during, and after the war. The organization is still actively involved in humanitarian efforts in Vietnam and other parts of the world.

• National Conference of Viet Nam Veteran Ministers
  P.O. Box 2965
  Attleboro, MA 02703-0963
  508.222.7313 T
  vetlady40@aol.com
  http://www.vietnamveteranministers.org/

  This unique organization is made up of an ecumenical group of clergy who served in Vietnam as chaplains during the war or were ordained after. There are currently 64 members. Its purpose is to act as a resource to aid in the understanding and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

• U.S.-Indochina Reconciliation Project
  220 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY 1036-7202
  Catherine Dunn, Executive Director
  John McAuliffe, Office of International Visitors
  212.367.4278 T

  The U.S.-Indochina Reconciliation Project, founded 15 years ago, maintains a directory of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam and in the U.S./Canada, and works to promote the efforts of these mostly humanitarian programs.

• CHEER for Viet Nam
  P.O. Box 341
  Culver City, CA 90232
  Doan thi Nam-Hau, Director
  310.836.6410

  This Vietnamese American organization encourages cultural and educational exchange between the U.S. and Vietnam, and assists underprivileged children and poor families adversely affected by the war. The focus for the year 2000 is aid for people affected by Agent Orange. The organization also distributes documentary videotapes produced in Vietnam about the war and its effects.

• Madison Indochina Support Group
  (Vietnamese American Peace Park)
  2312 E. Johnson Street
  Madison, WI 53703
  contact: Mike Boehm
  608.244.9505 T
  608.255.1800 F

  Since it was established in 1994, this organization has provided loans and financial assistance to over 400 women in Vietnam who otherwise had no collateral. Currently the Madison Indochina Support Group is building a Vietnamese American Peace Park and a new 20-room school in My Lai, the site of the infamous 1968 My Lai Massacre, and has expanded its work to five other villages in Vietnam.

• East Meets West Foundation
  1440 Broadway, Ste. 609
  P.O. Box 29292
  Oakland, CA 94604
  Mark Stewart, Exec. Dir.
  510.763.7045 T
  510.763.6545 F
  info@eastmeetswest.org
  www.eastmeets.west.org

  East Meets West Foundation is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, with offices in Oakland, California, and Danang, Vietnam, working on projects in central Vietnam. With the goal of self-sufficiency and improved welfare for the people of Quang Nam-Da Nang Province, East Meets West Foundation provides programs for health and dental care, school renovations, and clean, safe water systems construction.

• Amerasian Network, Inc. (America)
  10725 Ellis Ave, Suite 1
  Fountain Valley, CA 92708
  714.964.6671 F
  tbarron@primenet.com
  www.amerasia.org

  Amerasian Network, Inc. is a non-profit organization which operates on a volunteer basis in Vietnam to benefit Amerasians and other displaced young people in four areas: education, health, family (orphans and special needs), and advocacy. Offices are located both in the U.S. and Vietnam.

• Lua Viet Youth Association
  P.O. Box 349
  Marlboro, NJ 07746-0349
  201.327.3397 F
  luaviet@luaviet.org
  www.luaviet.org

  Lua Viet began as a summer camp in the northeastern U.S. organized by a group of young friends in 1983 to foster interaction, growth, Vietnamese overseas culture, and common ideals. Over the years, its focus and energy have increasingly been channeled towards providing humanitarian aid for Vietnam-specifically, improving circumstances for orphans and finding ways to contribute in the two crucial areas of public health and education.

• Vietnam Friendship Village Project
  P.O. Box 3805
  Santa Cruz, CA 95063
  Becky Luening, Chair of U.S. Committee
  831.458.3676 T
  vfvpusa@cruzio.com
  www.cruzio.com/~vfvpusa/vfvp-usa.htm

  The Vietnam Friendship Village Project is a multinational effort to build a small village near Hanoi, Vietnam, which will be home to approximately 250 Vietnamese children and elders with special needs who have no families, or whose families need assistance in caring for them. The project was founded by George Mizo, a Vietnam veteran activist, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Veterans Association, as a gesture of friendship and reconciliation.

• Social Assistance Program for Vietnam (SAP-VN)
  12606 Hoover Street
  Garden Grove, CA 92841
  Thanh Ngoc Nguyen
  714.901.1997 T/F
  info@sap-vn.org
  www.sap-vn.org

  SAP-VN is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-religious organization founded in 1992 by a group of young and caring professionals. It's primary objective is to provide direct relief to poor and need people, especially orphans and handicapped children, mainly in health care, education, and social welfare. All of SAP-VN's efforts are carried out directly by its members (from the U.S.) and associates in Vietnam.