One question that comes to mind when thinking about the Vietnam War is our reasoning for entering the war and what our enemies thought about America's intervention in the war. ... I believe the quote by Herman Melville best explained moral authority when he said, "and we Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world." ... In an intriguing essay written by Le Ly Hayslip, a native of Vietnam and former Vietcong fighter, entitled, "When heaven and earth traded places", Hayslip offers up her own views about why the war be...

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