ASA 150E
Professor Valverde
This week deals with the ancient history of Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos. The novel "The War after the War" by Nyan Chanda emphasizes how Vietnam, Cambodia, and other countries around them had a history together before and after the United States intervened with the war. Anything involved with this war had predominantly perspective of the United States. Chanda depicts, "I watched with a heavy heart as many of my Vietnamese friends left, as families were separated, as the wrenching exodus took place. I saw the misery of thousands who had fled from the rolling Communist tide on the central coast to the haven of Saigon, only to be trapped again in Saigon" (4). This shows the divide between the North and South Vietnamese. After the United States was involved, China was afraid that Vietnam would reunite and become stronger. This novel depicts how things would have resulted differently if the United States or different countries had not been involved with Viet Nam's problem. The narratives of certain perspectives of war are important to understand how it began and how it ended. This allows people to understand the different perspectives and learn from mistakes. A question I have is how can we tell history in a way that is not benefiting that certain country?
Source: https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-combatants
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