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Much of the country to this day suffers, and many look back and consider the country at best a "wasteland" destroyed and dismantled for unrecognizable causes (Kirkwood-Tucker & Benton, 2002).
World response was so dramatic to the war in Vietnam and the presence of allied forces that in 1973 the Treaty of Paris "called for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops" and allied forces in S. Vietnam (Kirkwood-Tucker & Benton, 2002). 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 (Kirkwood-Tucker & Benton, 2002; Lockard, 1994). 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.
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In fact, many historians suggest had the United States learned more about the militant tactics of the Vietnamese, such widespread bloodshed may not have occurred (Lockard, 230; Kirkwood-Tucker & Benton, 2002). This lack of preparation is partly to blame for the tremendous toll on human life resulting from the war. Kirkwood-Tucker & Benton (2002) correctly identify the Vietnam War as, "America's only lost war" because following the war, the President and the people of American and the world found there was nothing to celebrate when the war was complete. Unlike wars past, there were no heroes, rather, there was one big mess to clean up, one that still exists even in modern times (p. 362). One thing is certain; the Vietnam War is one that is easily remembered and the one war the United States would prefer forgotten.
References
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.
Vietnam War
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