Did this book change your views on the Vietnam war?
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Re: Did this book change your views on the Vietnam war?
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I would agree with you to some extent. I think the Vietnam war shows clearly what happens when government uses wars to try and regulate and control the way of life for other people and countries.Chipochashe wrote: ↑21 Dec 2019, 23:34 Wars never produce good results. There is no perfect human government. This book only goes to show that The government that is most hailed as a role model also has deep flaws in failing to take care of its own people.
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I agree! It is devastating how unnecessary and heartbreaking the Vietnam war turned out to be. Hopefully, we can learn from history and avoid repeating this mistake in the future.Kanda_theGreat wrote: ↑21 Dec 2019, 21:43 At the end of a war, save for material maigns, there's basically nothing else that a country can benefit from winning a war. The Vietnam war was basically an unnecessary "Who is Superior" display of military power. From personal experience, war never ends it all. There's post-trauma to deal with, wounded soldiers, destroyed land that needs to be rebuilt... It is always the same old song, "What next?"
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Brendan Donaghy wrote: ↑23 Dec 2019, 08:18 I'm not sure that there's much left to say about the Vietnam War. Over the there have been countless books, films, and documentaries covering the subject from every conceivable angle. I think it must be hard for an author trying to find something new to say about it.
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In my case it was not that difficult since the very few books written about the Navy in Vietnam always told the story from the high command's point of view. My four tours were as a deck ape and quartermaster. I very much doubt you will find a book before or after Deadly Waters that details the life of a lowly deck ape on a destroyer involved in combat, and of course the story is much more than that and continues for years after Zack's discharge.
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