impacts of Vietnam war

• what were the financial impacts of the Vietnam war

  -war cost 170 billion

  -decades of conflict left Vietnam financially unstable and many died from starvation
• what was the significance of the financial impact of the Vietnam war?

  -America spending billions on war meant know money was left for better education health care ect
• what was the impact of the human cost of Vietnam war?

  -58000 US troops died

  -average age at death 23

  -300000 US troops injured

  -soldiers often suffered from mental health problems and drug addiction

  -many homes destroyed in conflict leaving 11 million homeless

  -many soldiers and Vietnamese developed cancer and other illnesses from chemical weapons
• How many Vietnamese soldiers died?

  1 million
• how many Vietnamese civilians died?

  2 million
• what was the environmental impact of the Vietnam war?

  -agent orange in one year destroyed 1 million hectares of forest

  -7 million tonnes of bombs dropped

  -300000 thousand hectares of farmland destroyed by chemical agents
• what was the impact of the Vietnam war on Americas reputation at home?

  -war divided US

  -many opposed it and felt it was morally wrong

  -others felt it was unpatriotic to question govs actions

  -cover ups of My lai, bombing of Cambodia ect created culture of distrust of gov
• How did the Vietnam War impact America's reputation abroad?

  America failed to contain communism in Southeast Asia, leading to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos becoming communist.
• How was the U.S. perceived in the Vietnam War?

  The U.S. was seen as a loser of the war as it failed to defeat the Vietcong.

  which embarrassed nation as it was seen as a superpower
• what was the impact of the war on Vietnam politically?

  -emerged from war as a united country

  -faced further hostility from US gov

  -who blocked its attempt to join UN leaving it internationally isolated