A History of the Vietnam War: An American Tragedy by Wayne Douglas Smith Ph.D.

It is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Involvement in Vietnam began with an American belief in its superiority over other nations. Before the war was over 58,000 U.S. soldiers would be killed in action. At least 250,000 South Vietnamese troops died in the conflict as well. So did a million North Vietnamese. Those who lived asked themselves if it was worth it.