Preliminary Ideas about Research Project

Now that I'm starting to get a better idea of what is required for the research project, I have come up with a possible topic: the War in Vietnam. I realize that this is a very broad category, and that it will need considerable sharpening. My initial thoughts are to focus either on student protests -- in particular, the Kent State shootings -- or the My Lai massacre. I started searching the 'net for source materials, and it appears that there's no shortage of information available. This will make it easier to do the research, but on the other hand, I'm hesitant to choose a topic that's been done to death. The jury is still out at this point.

Other ideas I have are something to do with Nixon and Watergate, the JFK assassination, the 1929 stock market crash, and the sinking of the Titanic. All of these topics have been written about exhaustively as well, though, so perhaps I'll do a little more thinking.