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Vietnam War Website Analysis

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The Vietnam War http://www.vietnamwar.org/ Vietnamwar.org is a website, not a web page, which is completely dedicated to educating people on not only the Vietnam War, but the war of 1812, World War I, World War II and a few other significant events from American history. The particular post I am reading about, titled: The Vietnam War, was posted by Stan Klos; which I found out through further research, has a website and is a successful author/ blogger who has been posting since November 2009. This website is a nonprofit organization. I could not find any particular biases throughout the page, and much of the information that I cross checked with other sources matched up. There are advertisements that loiter the page but I do not believe that …show more content…

The intended audience would be anyone seeking information about the Vietnam War, whether it is a student writing a paper or an individual looking to collect information and become enlightened on the subject of American history. “Book a primary source exhibit and a professional speaker for your next event by contacting…Our Clients include many Fortune 500 companies, associations, non-profits, colleges, universities, national conventions, PR and advertising agencies. As the leading exhibitor of primary sources, many of our clients have benefited from our historic displays that are designed to entertain and educate your target audience…” (Klos). The advertisement and self-promotion located at the bottom of the website may point to slight biases but I do not believe that the historical information presented is incorrect, it just may mean they are funded by and are more supportive of certain companies. Yes, the information is accurate, reliable and complete. I went through other websites and searched dates to see if they matched up and events that are stated on Vietnamwar.org and everything was correct and linked up. “The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in…from November 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975 when…and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations” (Klos). The citation is from a section in the webpage and it again furthers my points that the information is accurate and seemingly unbiased. Included in this section of the website, there are other subsections written by other authors that talk about other aspects of the war. For example, the effect on the people or the effect the media had on the war which includes their own sources that link up to what

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