This is Volume one of this series, titled Our Pre-Sponse – A Supplement to the TTU-NARA Conference on Vietnam – in the Year 1963. It is the first volume in a planned series looking at key events during the Second Indochina War. Indochina In the Year of the Dragon – 1964, the second volume, is now available through Amazon. Each book of the multi-volume series will cover a single year and delve into political, military and cultural aspects of a war that still sharply divides America. Written primarily by historians, academics and Vietnam veterans, the series will challenge long held orthodox views of academia and show how myths, falsehoods and distortions have perpetuated the myth that Vietnam was unwinnable and without purpose. In this volume, topics ranging from Ngo Dinh Diem, John F. Kennedy, to Land Reform, to Ap Bac, to the peace movement, in 1963, are covered. There is also a discussion of the various schools of thought regarding the study of the Vietnam War. Vietnam Veterans for Factual History is a [501c(3)] group founded by Vietnam Veterans and their supporters whose mission is to study and disseminate factual, well researched information about the Vietnam War and correct the myths that have permeated academia and our society since the war's beginning.
