In the jungles of Vietnam, the war was not only fought on the surface but deep underground, where vast tunnel networks allowed the Viet Cong to survive overwhelming firepower. We explore how these ...

ALL the old questions were asked—but in new ways that invited honest answers, fresh opinions, dissenting views. The questioning began at field level two months ago, funneled steadily upward and ...

Harlan Ullman writes that U.S. military technology “wasn’t able to defeat the guerilla warfare of North Vietnam” (Letters, Aug. 9). As a veteran of those battles, I respectfully object. The guerilla ...

Nearly 700 years ago, when Kublai Khan’s Mongol hordes swept out of the north, Viet Nam’s legendary military hero, Tran Hung Dao, sparked the courage of his beleaguered army by having them tattoo on ...