Book contents
- After Saigon’s Fall
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- After Saigon’s Fall
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I 1975–1980
- Part II 1980–1989
- Part III 1989–2000
- 5 Refugees and the Roadmap
- 6 Humanitarian Issues, Human Rights, and Ongoing Normalization
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
from Part III - 1989–2000
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 April 2021
- After Saigon’s Fall
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- After Saigon’s Fall
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I 1975–1980
- Part II 1980–1989
- Part III 1989–2000
- 5 Refugees and the Roadmap
- 6 Humanitarian Issues, Human Rights, and Ongoing Normalization
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The collapse of South Vietnam, the frantic and humiliating American evacuation, and the rise of the North Vietnamese flag at the presidential palace in Saigon make April 1975 an extremely compelling and deceptively obvious point to conclude histories of the Vietnam War. Although a turning point of profound importance, this historical moment did not inaugurate an abrupt shift from war to peace between Washington and Hanoi, nor did the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam as a political entity erase the bonds between the American and South Vietnamese peoples, which persisted in their intimate, asymmetrical complexity. A complete history of the Vietnam War, therefore, must include the post-1975 period.
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- After Saigon's FallRefugees and US-Vietnamese Relations, 1975–2000, pp. 226 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021