The American view of the Asian "other" largely affected American assumptions from the beginning, as they believed most Vietnamese were politically immature and lacking a sense of nationhood. ... What we can surmise from this was that sympathy for the Vietnamese people was secondary – if not a means to an end -- to global strategic considerations at the time, to which Mecklin added that "to communicate a sensitive understanding of the Asian masses to Americans, as well as other Westerners, [was] one of the greatest challenges of 20th century journalism," (4). ... For Hoopes, a fighter pil...

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