What Was the Legacy of the Vietnam War

In my opinion the Vietnam War was a terrible experience for both of the fighting sides. In this war both of the fighting sides lost huge amounts of troops, warfare, and civilian lives. The ideas and beliefs of people around the world about the Vietnam War are very different because of the controversy over this issue. The Vietnam War brought the United States shame and disgrace in the eyes of the outside world and the …

…conflict, changes, and divisions it caused in the United States is the defining event of the later part of this century. Twenty years later, we still see and feel the effects of the war. At the end we try to figure out the mistakes we made and try not to repeat them. Fortunately, the Vietnam War had some positive impacts on the policy and the attitude of the United States inside and outside the country.