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Opinion

Vietnam '67

Historians, veterans and journalists recall 1967 in Vietnam, a year that changed the war and changed America.

Highlights

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    Vietnam: The War That Killed Trust

    The legacy of the war still shapes America, even if most of us are too young to remember it.

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    A Pale Smoke

    Fifty years later, what does the Vietnam War mean? And how should we remember the men and women who served in it?

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    The Tragedy of Hubert Humphrey

    If he had won in 1968, the Vietnam War would have ended sooner, and America would be a much different place today.

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    How Vietnam Changed Journalism

    There’s a new generation of reporters who take nothing for granted because of what they know about that war.

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    The End of South Vietnam

    I barely made it out after the fall of Saigon. It was 20 years before I went back.

    By Dien Huynh

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    Was the Vietnam War Necessary?

    Lyndon Johnson said the alternative might be a nuclear war. But even the C.I.A. disagreed.

    By Mark Atwood Lawrence

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    How Vietnam Broke the Democratic Party

    The war split the left, exposing tensions over foreign policy that remained for decades.

    By Michael Nelson

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    My Vietnam War

    As a young woman, I wasn’t sent into combat. But I still fought the war at home.

    By Nancy Biberman

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    Why Were the Russians in Vietnam?

    There were in fact remarkable parallels between American and Soviet involvement in Vietnam.

    By Sergey Radchenko

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    What Was the Vietnam War About?

    Was it about anti-Communism? Civil war? Anti-colonialism? The answer matters, and not just to historians.

    By Christian G. Appy

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    Why Lyndon Johnson Dropped Out

    He had known for years that the Vietnam War would destroy him. In March 1968, it did.

    By Fredrik Logevall

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    Vietnam Wasn’t Just an American War

    In American novels and films about the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese remain minor characters.

    By Lan Cao

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    The Chopper Pilots

    I made over 50 helicopter assaults during Vietnam. Each one had a story.

    By Bill Lord

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    The Vietnam War Is Over. The Bombs Remain.

    Unexploded cluster munitions and Agent Orange continue to wreak havoc in the country, but America won’t help.

    By Ariel Garfinkel

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