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4 pages in length. Opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vast and varied as the number of soldiers killed in combat; that some are decidedly more apropos to the real reasons behind the war speak to the way in which certain accounts try to hide the truth behind a façade of political responsibility.
Three examples of different Vietnam perspectives include Patrick J. Hearden's book entitled The Tragedy of Vietnam, Larry L. King's article "Machismo In the White House" and "Why Are We in Vietnam" by Lyndon Johnson illustrate these diversities in such a way to make one think at least one of them is talking about a different war entirely. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in which certain accounts try to hide the truth behind a fa?ade of political responsibility. Three examples of different Vietnam perspectives include Patrick J. Heardens book entitled The
Tragedy of Vietnam, Larry L. Kings article "Machismo In the White House" and "Why Are We in Vietnam" by Lyndon Johnson illustrate these diversities in such a way to make
one think at least one of them is talking about a different war entirely. Clearly, Kings article reflects the most rational and logical argument regarding U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
While Hearden addresses many of the same components as King does by acknowledging the questionable nature of the conflict to begin with, while President Johnson responds the way any leader
of the American super power is expected to respond when the country is waist-deep in foreign battle: Justification and political cheerleading. "We fight because we must fight if we
are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny. And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure. This
kind of world will never be built by bombs or bullets. Yet the infirmities of man are such that force must often precede reason, and the waste of war,
the works of peace. We wish that this were not so. But we must deal with the world as it is, if it is ever to be as
we wish" (Peace Without Conquest). King, on the other hand, minces no words when it comes to the ineptitude of the presidents
objective, one that was built not upon a foundation of concern for Americas people but rather upon the ego and power of Lyndon B. Johnson. King illustrates how President
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