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Setting the Stage Vietnam Experience Series pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
On behalf of Boston Publishing Company, it gives me great pleasure to send you Setting the Stage.
I hope that you receive as much enjoyment from reading it as we had preparing it for you.
Vietnam. For more than a decade, news from that far-off country dominated the headlines and,
for many of us, our lives. Daily events from mysterious-sounding cities like Da Nang, Kontum, and
Hue blazed across newspapers while evening newscasts related the latest casualty figures, battles,
and peace talk developments. Over three million Americans traveled halfway across the world to
fight in Vietnam while many more participated in the decision making and demonstrations at home.
Yet almost as suddenly as the Vietnam War had become our national preoccupation, Vietnam
dropped from public attention. Many of us--conservatives and liberals, hawks and doves alike--
wanted to forget the war, hoping that time alone would heal the wounds of foreign war and domestic
upheaval.
Now more than five years have passed since the last American troops returned home. Yet for
many of us, the mere mention of this small country s name still evokes strong feelings. And recent
world events have revived the difficult issues raised by Vietnam. We have weathered the Iran crisis,
watched Russia invade Afghanistan and threaten Poland, and reacted to unrest, war, and revolution
in Latin America and Africa. We have listened to news of the massive killings in Cambodia, the
continued fighting in Southeast Asia, and the flight of millions of refugees to the earth s four corners.
At the same time, Vietnam veterans have banded together to become a large, vocal group--and
America has begun to listen to their message. With the passing of time, these events have placed
the Vietnam War into a new perspective, and Americans are once again asking what happened in
Vietnam and why--what were we trying to accomplish there and who was right.
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Setting the Stage Vietnam Experience Series pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024