How US involvement in Vietnam War influenced foreign policy decisions for 50 years

Lessons from the Vietnam War remain prism through which US views armed conflicts

US army in Vietnam war
Over almost 20 years, more than 2.7 million Americans served in uniform in the conflict

Mara Oliva, associate professor of history at the University of Reading, looks at how the Vietnam War lives on in the American political consciousness five decades after its end.

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the US withdrawal from Vietnam and the war still casts long shadows over American life.

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