The Vietnam War - A Flashpoint in World War III

Vietnam also broke the US army for a while. What it did to the US army between, let's just say 65 and 70 was amazing. Americans used to be very proud of the fact that you could say we never lost a war. We've proven this point before in U.S. history,. Hastings: It seems like every generation focuses on things that don't have anything to do with Vietnam.