Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a major armed conflict in Southeast Asia in which the United States intervened militarily in support of South Vietnam against the communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. It was unprecedented in American history in its scope and outcomes, and had profound cultural consequences, including the disruption of traditional narratives in war literature and fiction.

Claims that use this term

• The Vietnam War was unprecedented in American history.
• The Vietnam War destroyed the traditional narrative paradigms of the war novel.