Why is the Vietnam War important?

Question

Please include these things in your answer

-How many people were affected
-How badly were they affected

Answer 1

How many people were affected? That is arguable from every point of the spectrum. Surely the 58,000 (56?) people that died were affected, and their families. Also, the vietnamese who lived there. And, of course, the Vietname War influenced foregin policy of the U.S. and other nations which influenced other foreign people's too. How badly? It depends on which people, but I would say it varied from life-altering to a 180 degree difference in their lives. Kind of a huh? answer but, it really is an open ended, interpretation based question.

Answer 2

Having been there and done that war, nothing was accomplished but hate in this country.

It proved to the US that our otherwise invincible army could be defeated just as the Hamas group in Lebanon proved to the Israelis recently that their invincible army could be defeated.

It should have taught the military how to deal with guerilla warfare and insurgency, but the stupid Generals insisted on using the same style of Army that fought in WWII and Korea. But the US cannot change their fighting methodology without getting rid of all the Generals that they have and starting over.

A war is not over until the last veteran of that war is dead. The VA still has patients from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq to deal with, so none of those wars are over.

Answer 3

The war in Vietnam was a disaster for the United States. It showed that the United States is extremely selfish and self-centered, and when we lost, revenge, hate, and denial were the only emotions on display. It provided support for The Mouse That Roared, by showing how desperate we become in defeat.

Answer 4

have any of you played the game of risk? if not, you have an army, and you and the other players place armies throughout the nations and the object is to take over your opponents nation/s one at atime and the player who conquers all the nations wins. now think how wide communism would be, if we had not entered the vietnam war. those countries in the east would have been very very wide spread, and could possibly have taken over..

Answer 5

because it illustrated superpower's willingness to use less powerful nations as pawns for their battles so as to avoid physical conflict on their land and also, it finally came to represent the fsailureof u.s foreign policy during the red scare (fear of communism). it opened america's eyes to the reality of war, and it showed that guerilla warfare was a hugely succesful tactic against conventinal warfae, meaning that bombs didnt mean success in war. also, it runied vietnams resources in every. leaving its industry devastated and its people with no land to farm. also, the biological weapons used still affect vietnam today, with many people with birth defects born till this time

Answer 6

Because 56 thousand men lost their lives and ended up with their names on a wall in Washington DC when in truth we accomplished absolutely nothing in Viet Nam. Pax - C