The American war in Vietnam left many long-lasting scars on the landscape and people in Vietnam, many of which were concentrated along the small demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. Legacies of war such as Agent Orange and unexploded ordnance continue to cause ongoing harm in Vietnam today. The just published The Long Reckoning lays out the history and scale of devastation in Vietnam and explores how a group of individual actors in the United States and Vietnam have helped inspire attention to war legacy issues and in doing so transformed the U.S. relationship with Vietnam.
Featured speakers include George Black, journalist and author, Sera Koulabdara, CEO of Legacies of War, Patricia “Kit” Norland, author of The Saigon Sisters and a former public diplomacy officer with the U.S. Department of State and moderated by Brian Eyler, Southeast Asia Program Director at The Stimson Center.
