War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The ...

These hit songs from the 1960s definitely swayed you in certain directions when your music taste was forming as a child.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Phil Ochs, “What Are You Fighting For” (1963). Ochs wrote numerous protest songs ...

Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty performs in 2007 in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill/AP) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of ...

Editor's note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. War, ...