The tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

Review: Vietnam's Tragedy and Lessons Author: Robert McNamara Summary: (Looking back) Robert McNamara (Robert S. McNamara) of the book "Review" not only talks about the man across the course of the court process, Tell the death of suffering, Vietnam war. McNamara's personal experience gives an unprecedented internal view of revealing the truth behind the government. In the first chapter of McNamara, he discussed his trip to Washington's spotlight and three events that shaped his life.

America was involved in Vietnam, an intricate war in the Cold War era. It is based on a policy like Domino's theory. The American tragedy in Vietnam has come from the lessons learned during the Second World War. It may be wrong to make a decision based on historical lessons. US participation in Vietnam is not merely a consultative position. Kennedy releases the war from the background of "consultation" and if the leader's torch is handed over to Johnson, he will also be out of the background. Both of them tried to win the Vietnam War by strengthening the promise of the United States, but they did not succeed. Kennedy and Johnson lost a lot of lives, and the whole country will lose the Vietnam War.

Since the Vietnam War, the Pentagon and its advocate learned the basics of how to refine, bend and fill the truth. The result is devastating. Open the way to more such tragedies from Afghanistan to Iraq and from Pakistan to Yemen - if history can lead - an unknown tragedy that has not emerged yet Another of the 133 countries

The center of an American pastoral is the tragedy of my father, and his daughter is unknown to him. This is certainly a tragic thing. Due to the Vietnam War, Ethnic Riot, Woodstock, Moon Landing, Watergate Incident, this tragedy has been regarded as a priority as the original student's ideal framework. tragedy

Robert K Brigham is a professor of the history of Boschi at Vassar College, the latest work is Reckless: Henry Kissinger and the tragedy of Vietnam (public service, 2018). Brigham 's father worked as a maritime battle photographer in Vietnam and won the Purple Heart Medal in Hue during the Spring Festival' s attack.