Vietnam Theories

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This paper presents a detailed examination of the Vietnam War and its comparison to several social theories. Using the war as a measuring stick, theories are examined and held against the war to see how the war could be applied to each theory. The writer explains a short history of each theory and then examines how the war holds up using that particular theory.

Introduction
Hegemonic Stability Theory
Just War Theory
New War Theory
Pluralism
Realism
Conclusion

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"This theory is perhaps the most applicable war theory to the Viet Nam war. It was funded in part by United States tax dollars. It utilized foreign help with the help of the United States military assistance. It hurt international humanitarian aid when the stories began to surface about the horrors the troops were sometimes ordered to visit upon the opposition during the war, and it used forced population expulsion when entire villages on both sides were routinely burned and destroyed, thereby displacing the village inhabitants."

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