How the conflict shaped foreign policy

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, the North Vietnamese armed forces took the Saigon Presidential Palace and marked the end of the Vietnam War two decades long conflict, which shaped the second half of the 20th century. The American war, as it is called in Vietnam, led to the death of millions of Vietnamese people and more than 50,000 US troops. It is probably the first eternal war, it is generally remembered as one of the largest foreign disasters in Washington.

Today the war continues to pursue global matters. For the anniversary, which the Trump administration expressly made Us -Diplomat in Vietnam, not to remember, we share essays on the legacies of the war and how it continues to shape foreign policy.

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, the North Vietnamese armed forces took the Saigon Presidential Palace and marked the end of the Vietnam War two decades long conflict, which shaped the second half of the 20th century. The American war, as it is called in Vietnam, led to the death of millions of Vietnamese people and more than 50,000 US troops. It is probably the first eternal war, it is generally remembered as one of the largest foreign disasters in Washington.

Today the war continues to pursue global matters. For the anniversary, which the Trump administration expressly made Us -Diplomat in Vietnam, not to remember, we share essays on the legacies of the war and how it continues to shape foreign policy.

The leaflets flock from the cockpit of an aircraft, which was flown by psychological war pilots of the 9th Air Command in the air base from Da Nang in Vietnam on July 11, 1967.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

The ghostly legacies of the American War War in Vietnam

The United States tried to use Vietnamese beliefs to scare enemy soldiers, writes Chris Humphrey.

The then US President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes the hands of soldiers when he visited troops in Vietnam in 1966.Intermediate archives/Getty pictures

Why US President really go to war

As a new book shows, it is not always about strategy, writes Julian E. Zelizer from FP.

From left: Robert Downey Jr. – Who plays several roles – Duy Nguyen as a man, Hoa Xuande as captain, Fred Nguyen Khan as Bon and Sandra Oh as Sofia Mori in The sympathizer. HBO

HBOS ‘the sympathizer’ is based on the tragic absurdity of the Vietnam War

The series Lampoons The Military, Academia and Hollywood representations of the era, writes Jordan Hoffman.

South Korean soldiers occurred in 1972 in an enemy position near NHA Trang, Vietnam. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Pictures

It is time for South Korea to recognize its atrocities in Vietnam

Seoul and Hanoi can no longer ignore a strenuous part of their history, writes Luong.

Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda appeared for American planes in 1971 during a protest tour from FTA Vietnam near Manila, Philippines. AP

Donald Sutherland and the soldiers who had opposed Vietnam

The Chamelonic actor was also an activist before his time, writes Lindsay Goss.