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War: Then and Now
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The most dramatic lesson learned in Vietnam was not over seas, it was right here in the United States. That lesson was that people have the right to challenge the government's right to go to war. The Vietnam was the first time in history that the American people successfully challenged military action by the US government. The people realized that Military ways do not always solve political and social problems, which in itself was a lesson. The great lesson though was that they had the right to challenge such actions.
All previous wars from the American Revolution right up through World War II were popularly back by the majority of the population, after all, the people saw a direct threat to their freedom and lives. Vietnam, however, was a little harder to graab on. The American people had trouble connecting a bunch of rice farmers that had little to no technology beyond a few farming implements, with......

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