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The Haunting Legacy of the Vietnam War

April 27, 2025
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The Haunting Legacy of the Vietnam War
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Fifty years ago on Wednesday, North Vietnamese forces took Saigon’s presidential palace, marking the end of the Vietnam War—a two-decade-long conflict that shaped the second half of the 20th century. The American War, as it’s called in Vietnam, led to the deaths of millions of Vietnamese people and more than 50,000 U.S. troops. Arguably the first forever war, it is widely remembered as one of Washington’s greatest foreign-policy disasters.

Today, the war continues to haunt global affairs. To mark the anniversary, which the Trump administration has explicitly directed U.S. diplomats in Vietnam not to commemorate, we’re sharing essays on the legacies of the war and how it continues to shape foreign policy.


Leaflets stream from a plane above the Vietnam War

Leaflets stream from a plane above the Vietnam War

The Ghostly Legacies of America’s War in Vietnam

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

 


Lyndon B. Johnson is surrounded by soldiers in this black-and-white photo as he visits U.S. troops in Vietnam. Johnson smiles as he shakes hands with a service member wearing uniform. He is flanked by security officers in dark suits.

Lyndon B. Johnson is surrounded by soldiers in this black-and-white photo as he visits U.S. troops in Vietnam. Johnson smiles as he shakes hands with a service member wearing uniform. He is flanked by security officers in dark suits.

Why U.S. Presidents Really Go to War

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


From left: Robert Downey Jr.—who plays several roles—Duy Nguyen as Man, Hoa Xuande as the Captain, Fred Nguyen Khan as Bon, and Sandra Oh as Sofia Mori.

From left: Robert Downey Jr.—who plays several roles—Duy Nguyen as Man, Hoa Xuande as the Captain, Fred Nguyen Khan as Bon, and Sandra Oh as Sofia Mori.

HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ Leans Into the Tragic Absurdity of the Vietnam War

The series lampoons the military, academia, and Hollywood portrayals of the era, Jordan Hoffman writes.


A black-and-white-photo of soldiers running off of boats with guns.

A black-and-white-photo of soldiers running off of boats with guns.

It’s Time for South Korea to Acknowledge Its Atrocities in Vietnam

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


Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda speak or sing into a microphone on a stage in front of the U.S. flag, held by two smiling women.

Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda speak or sing into a microphone on a stage in front of the U.S. flag, held by two smiling women.

Donald Sutherland and the Soldiers Who Resisted Vietnam

The chameleonic actor was also an activist ahead of his time, Lindsay Goss writes.

The post The Haunting Legacy of the Vietnam War appeared first on Foreign Policy.

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