The war is known by many names, and each one highlights the different objectives of the forces involved.
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Anthropologist Neville White has spent two months a year since 1974 in Arnhem Land, as a guest of Yolngu families residing at the Donydji community.
Since 1981, thousands of US veterans on “healing journeys” have been warmly welcomed by the Vietnamese.
Unlike those who died during the Vietnam War, those who perish during the current pandemic are unlikely to receive a national memorial. Perhaps they should.
More than 500 Australians died in the Vietnam war and 3,000 were wounded, but the damage from Agent Orange was much more far-reaching, as Tim Fischer’s death last week reminded us.
A new Australian film tells the story of one of the most iconic battles of the Vietnam war - but the film repeats disputed facts and interpretations.
Prisoners of war experience trauma, torture, humiliation and profound loneliness. A trauma psychologist explains how the effects can be lasting – and that Americans’ gratitude should also be.
A scholar raised by leftist San Francisco parents in the 1970s ends up teaching in the heartland, where her students represent a very different kind of politics. What she learns from them is profound.
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Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
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Associate Professor of History, Southern Illinois University
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Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow and Historian of War and Conflict, Deakin University
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Lecturer in History, California State University San Marcos
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Industry Fellow, UNSW Canberra Cyber, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW
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Sessional Academic, The University of Melbourne