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Reclaiming Silences: The Vietnam WarMain MenuUnderstanding IncompletenessBefore U.S. Involvement: 1945-1965China's Involvement in the War: 1964-1969Fall of Saigon: the End of War (1975)AftermathConnectionsLeah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93
The exhibition of the Vietnam War at the New-York Historical Society presents the origin, progression, and impact of the war during the U.S.’s involvement in it, and constructs a historical narrative that covers not only the military conditions in the war front but also events happened in the home front that incorporated social process relating to patriotism, citizenship, gender, and race. However, this historical narrative only provides a perspective from the U.S. standpoint, demonstrating the role of the presidents, armed forces, and social movement within the U.S. context, yet paying less attention to normal people and vietnam soldiers, which Trouillot defines as the “silences”, claiming that “any historical narrative is a particular bundle of silences”. The incomplete story leaving out many essential elements affects people’s understanding of the Vietnam War to be narrow and incomplete.
1media/vietnam1210-h_2017.jpg2017-11-17T21:05:42-08:00Leah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93Before U.S. Involvement: 1945-196520image_header5486622017-11-19T18:54:49-08:00Leah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93
12017-11-18T18:35:37-08:00Leah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93China's Involvement in the War: 1964-19699gallery2017-11-19T19:28:45-08:00Leah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93
12017-11-18T19:13:11-08:00Leah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93Fall of Saigon: the End of War (1975)5plain2017-11-19T19:09:04-08:00Leah Jiaxin Luo5a4d628915a92731f96e06f169c25120af9eeb93
