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Vietnam War
![How America’s Wars in Asia Militarized the Police at Home How America’s Wars in Asia Militarized the Police at Home](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-18.jpg)
How America’s Wars in Asia Militarized the Police at Home
By Alireza Ahmadi
American empire and wars in the Far East contributed to the militarization of the U.S. police force.
![The Mayaguez: Honoring the Fallen and Remembering the Survivors The Mayaguez: Honoring the Fallen and Remembering the Survivors](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-15-1.jpg)
The Mayaguez: Honoring the Fallen and Remembering the Survivors
By Luke Hunt
U.S. soldiers who fought the last battle in Indochina deserve their place in military history.
![How the Vietnam War Fused the Modern American Right How the Vietnam War Fused the Modern American Right](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-06.jpg)
How the Vietnam War Fused the Modern American Right
By Robert Farley
The domestic political effects of the Vietnam War have been far-reaching.
![Victims Left Behind in US Agent Orange Cleanup Efforts Victims Left Behind in US Agent Orange Cleanup Efforts](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-fullsizeoutput-1c18.jpg)
Victims Left Behind in US Agent Orange Cleanup Efforts
By Sonya Schoenberger
Vietnamese victims have yet to receive compensation – and many live in desperate poverty.
![Could Vietnam Have Avoided the 1979 War With China? Could Vietnam Have Avoided the 1979 War With China?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_3975218173.jpg)
Could Vietnam Have Avoided the 1979 War With China?
By Cu Huy Ha Vu
Vietnam’s missed opportunity to normalize relations with the US paved the way for China’s 1979 invasion.
![How a Film Influenced a US President's Decision to Invade a Foreign Country How a Film Influenced a US President's Decision to Invade a Foreign Country](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-arvn_in_cambodia.jpg)
How a Film Influenced a US President's Decision to Invade a Foreign Country
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Popular culture continues to play an underestimated role in shaping policy makers world views and choices.
![Prominent North Vietnamese Communist Defector Dies Prominent North Vietnamese Communist Defector Dies](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_679144701002.jpg)
Prominent North Vietnamese Communist Defector Dies
By Luke Hunt
A closer look at the wider significance of Colonel Bui Tin’s death.
![Nixon’s China Sell-Out Nixon’s China Sell-Out](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/Nixon_Mao_1972-02-29.jpg)
Nixon’s China Sell-Out
By Bonnie Girard
Nixon’s China opening had little regards for American and allied troops in Vietnam.
![Why Australia Needs to Reconcile With Its Role in the Vietnam War Why Australia Needs to Reconcile With Its Role in the Vietnam War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-20180513adf8513881_23.jpg)
Why Australia Needs to Reconcile With Its Role in the Vietnam War
By Sayeed Ahmed
With reconciliation, Australia will be in a much stronger position to achieve its stated foreign policy objectives.
![Leave No Man Behind: The Truth About the Mayaguez Incident Leave No Man Behind: The Truth About the Mayaguez Incident](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_750515035.jpg)
Leave No Man Behind: The Truth About the Mayaguez Incident
By Peter Maguire
The last casualties of the final battle of the Vietnam War were 3 Marines left behind on Cambodia's Koh Tang Island.
![The My Lai Massacre and How to Write About War The My Lai Massacre and How to Write About War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-my_lai_massacre.jpg)
The My Lai Massacre and How to Write About War
By Franz-Stefan Gady
How defense policy writers can vicariously fuel the dangerous myth of 'clean' military conflict.
![Will Vietnam’s Communist Party Ever Change Its Ways? Will Vietnam’s Communist Party Ever Change Its Ways?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sizes/thumbnail/3530_524391eea4551.jpg)
Will Vietnam’s Communist Party Ever Change Its Ways?
By David Hutt
Vietnam is an interesting case study in the question of whether communist parties can truly reform from within.