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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All wars have (at least some) atrocities, so we really only need to read one book on that topic.

"With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge might be a WW2 candidate. (Warning: it is graphics and emotionally upsetting.)[/quote]

The wars are completely different and can’t be lumped together.  WW1 and WW2 were started in Europe and moved fast.  The aggressors were easily winning, there were genocides and governments falling.  We stepped in to help end these war.

Vietnam was a 20 year civil war between the communist north side and the noncommunist south side.  The US got involved because their fear of what they called “The Domino Theory “  or communist spreading.  It was nothing like the world wars.

Maybe these books can be read in history class along with their factual textbooks.  I don’t think current students know enough about Vietnam and the destruction in South America caused by the US fear of communism.

Ask your high schoolers what they can tell you about the Domino Theory and Vietnam. [/quote]

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