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This 4 page paper looks at theories concerning the war and provides some insight into why the war escalated. The Tet Offensive is viewed as a turning point. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the beginning of the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. forces from Vietnam which was mandated by the treaty ("Vietnam War," 1991). Also in the agreement was the return of U.S.
prisoners of war, and a cease-fire (1991). The war was not over though until 1975 when the North Vietnamese stormed Saigon (1991). While the war ended, the bad feelings would
linger. One example of this is the continued relevance in respect to whether or not candidates "served in the military, or dodged the draft, or smoked pot, or dabbled
in radical politics, or engaged in the more promiscuous activities of the sexual revolution" (McDougall, 1995, p.478). In effect, the U.S. has never gotten over the war. It is
still a controversial war, and some say that men were put into harms way without thoughtful consideration. Vandemark (1995) claims that from the outset, the U.S. was doomed. It would
never complete the mission successfully and Johnson and his cronies knew this (1995). If that is the case, it would explain why there are still conflicting ideas about Vietnam. And
while there were people who knew that the U.S. would not win, and that too many of the nations sons would be lost, there were many who were idealistic, who
thought themselves to be freedom fighters and who fought for freedom. It was a pie in the sky idea, a glimpse of the future that saw a free world
without the blood, and without the body bags. It was a war that never should have been fought. While much of this has been supported by the literature, the
United States withdrew its forces from Vietnam in 1973. Some wonder why it took so long to withdraw and why this did not happen earlier. It is a difficult
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