Vietnam War

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This paper explores the reasons for American intervention in Vietnam, including a synopsis of presidents in office during and after this time, and their ideas of what was important to the American people and nation at or about the time of the war. This paper also describes the lessons of the Vietnam War and its consequences on American foreign policy.

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" Entire villages had been wiped out, people, innocent civilians, not just soldiers, which is one reason the United States had reason to feel disgraced and failed to distinguish the returning soldiers from the war as heroes. This in turn took a tremendous toll on many soldiers resulting in post traumatic syndromes including long-lasting depression, aggression and sleep disorders. No other war had exacted such a toll on domestic and foreign life than did the war in Vietnam. Had the troops remained, there is no question the country as it is today would still exist, although what does exist is a small fracture or reminder of a land that used to be. Even after the war landmines were still prevalent throughout Vietnam resulting in even more deaths among the innocent."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kirkwood-Tucker, Toni and Benton, Janet E. The Lessons of Vietnam: Using Literature to Introduce Students to the Vietnam War. Social Education, 66.6, (2002), p. 362.
• Lockard, Craig A. Meeting Yesterday Head-On: The Vietnam War in Vietnamese, American and World History, Journal of World History, 5.2 (1994, Fall): 227-70.

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