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It was moving to read in The Sunday Age a story reporting that records mapping the location of 3906 Vietnamese soldiers killed and buried by Australians during the Task Force operations had been given to Vietnam.

An incredible photo gallery looking at some of the most enduring images from the Vietnam War, from Sammy Davis Jnr entertaining the US troops to white phosphorus attacks.

The Most Dangerous Man in America is a gripping and immensely detailed insiders account of a top US policy analyst who took a bold moral stance against the Vietnam War. It’s fascinating viewing, says Luke Buckmaster.

As Hollywood continues to pump out flicks about combat, the question lingers: which American war provides the best film fodder? Even without the shocking exclusion of Sylvester Stallone’s Victory, the answer is a little surprising.

Crikey readers weigh in on Mike Rann, Queensland’s antiquated abortion laws and the My School website. Plus, Senator Nick Xenophon gives his take on an anonymous tip.

Charlie Wilson, former US congressman, died overnight. His name would hardly ring a bell if it not for the 2007 film Charlie Wilson’s War, which dramatised his role in promoting US support for the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Obama says it isn’t, but the pundits are divided: is America’s war in Afghanistan just another rehash of its doomed campaign in Vietnam, or are people just drawing parallels where they don’t exist?

It’s crunch time for Barack Obama as allies begin to fade for the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan, writes Geoffrey Garrett. Should he launch a full scale surge of troops, or consider a withdrawal?

An examination of the medical records of 289,328 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans shows that 106,726 received mental health diagnoses.

Trying to draw parallels between America’s military campaigns in Afghanistan and Vietnam betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of both countries and the sentiments of their citizens, says Peter Bergen.

Former US defence chief Robert McNamara’s significant achievements in other areas were, and will always be, dwarfed by the monumental error of Vietnam.

Former US defence chief and architect of the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, has died, age 93. Evan Thomas shares his memories of “a control freak whose toughest job was shaping his own legacy.”

In the wake of former US defence chief Robert McNamara’s death, Politico speaks to former senator Birch Bayh about his Vietnam legacy.

Christopher Hitchens looks at the latest batch of Nixon tapes, inciting him to “consider throwing up things that I don’t even remember having eaten.”

New private recordings of former US President Richard Nixon have been released, revealing his views on Roe vs. Wade, anti-Semitism, the Paris Treaty and more.

When did we decide to revive Phoenix, the most notorious US assassination program of the twentieth century?

The issue of Wilfred Burchett is not merely a matter of political differences, it instead involves defining the boundary between lawful dissent and treachery, writes Neil James.

The analogy between Iraq and Vietnam has mostly been the province of the anti-war side. Opponents of both wars used the same mix of moral and practical considerations, arguments that have substantially been borne out by the facts.