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· f Xwo decades after the en  ’'·$     ed to the war. In researching their
  Vietnam War, scholars continue   theses and dissertations, these stu- ’
— ` to mine the subject for new { dents have been innovative and persis— l
A information about an incredibly divi- l tent, going off the beaten path —  
sive era in American life. Among l sometimes, literally — in their search  
j those conducting some of the most i for answers.
j significant research on the Vietnam Herring, their mentor and guide '
  conllict are graduate students in the   on thisjourney, began his own quest
  Department of History at the   while teaching history at Ohio
University of Kentucky. Drawn by the University in 1965, a time when stu- \
reputation of noted Vietnam scholar dent interest in Vietnam was just J
George Herring, these students are i beginning to grow. By the mid ’70s he l
- exploring a great range of topics — had made the Vietnam War his spe- {
from the nature of the enemy in cialty and won a National Endowment
Vietnam to the Buddhist opposition   for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship .
movement within South Vietnam to l to begin a book. Published in 1979,
the way the American press respond- l Herring’s “America’s Longest War”  
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