Interchange: Legacies of the Vietnam War.

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  • Source:
    Journal of American History. Sep2006, Vol. 93 Issue 2, p452-490. 40p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      VIETNAM War, 1961-1975; IRAQ War, 2003-2011; HISTORICAL analysis; HISTORY education; HISTORIOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL relations; GOVERNMENT policy
    • Subject Terms:
      VIETNAMReport Available; UNITED StatesReport Available
    • Abstract:
      The article records an extended conversation conducted online among a number of scholars and experts in which they discuss the legacies of the Vietnam War, including its impact of history and historiography. They note the importance of the emergence of scholarship from the Vietnamese, presenting that side's viewpoint of the concerning their wars with France and the United States. They compare and contrast the Vietnam conflict with the later wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The participants in the discussion are David Anderson, California State University, Monterey Bay; Christian Appy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Mark Philip Bradley, Northwestern University; Robert K. Brigham, Vassar College; Ted Engelmann, Vietnam veteran and photographer; Patrick Hagopian, Lancaster University, England; Luu Doan Huynh, Institute of International Relations, Hanoi; Marilyn B. Young, New York University.