Scholars, activists, and the public still argue about the Vietnam War, including over American motivations to intervene, the viability of the South Vietnamese government, and if t

The first glimmers of public discontent emerged in American music. In 1963 Bob Dylan condemned the “Masters of War” who “hide in your mansion while the young people’s blood/Flows out of their bodies and is buried in the mud”. Nina Simone complained in 1967 about a government that would “raise my taxes, freeze my wages/And send my son to Vietnam”.

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the U.S. and the formation of the modern nation