If you view the Vietnam War purely through the prism of American defeat, you risk overlooking the deeper meaning of the ...

The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 ...

Had the U.S. simply let the Vietnamese determine their own future 50 years ago, the outcome would have likely been the same, ...

Vietnam’s top leader said his nation is ready to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s great powers, as tens of ...

Indeed, Vietnam has taught all countries that brute military power cannot be a guarantor of success in war. Foreign ...

At the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in May 2012, then-US president Barack Obama spoke of “honoring our Vietnam veterans by never forgetting the lessons of that war” — which included “that when ...

April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military ...

It seems the celebration of President Trump’s 100th day in office is more important than remembering the painful lessons of the Vietnam War ‒ which he managed to avoid. Healing will not come ...

One is a woman who continues to work to recover the remains of her father. Another is an anti-war stalwart who shares the ...

Most American presidents have learned the wrong lessons from the American War in Vietnam, as it is called there. The most recent presidential misstep is Donald Trump’s attempt to prevent U.S ...