National Security: Vietnam revisited

I admit to being somewhat obsessed by the war in Southeast Asia. It was a defining part of my early life. I lost a lot of friends there. Many more Vietnamese suffered and died, but eventually, they were victorious in reuniting Vietnam and outing foreign influence – first the Japanese, then the French and finally the Americans. Today, a half century later, America’s relationship with Vietnam is good. Time heals wounds. What is it that we can learn from our long and torturous war in Southeast