20th Century Experience Research Paper
History: Does the past affect the future?
Debra Sharpton
Devry
Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience
HIST-415N
Traci Sumner
May 10, 2014
History: Does the past affect the future?
History is “The study of past events in human affairs”. (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.,) Why should we study history? How does history affect people today? Historical knowledge is nothing more than collective memory. Historians work to reinterpret the past, search for new sources and new meanings in old documents to find a new perspective and understanding of the past. (McNeill, 1985, p.2) More specifically, how did the Vietnam War affect the Vietnamese people?
The Vietnam War was a very long struggle to attempt to unify the Vietnam country …show more content…
Many times these effects are negative and people are struggling for many years to overcome deficits. Being aware of what a group of people have been through helps to understand them. It is important to know their history and how it may have affected them to understand what is important to them and what they value. My observations of Vietnamese people are that they work hard and value their families. Many of them were economically deprived while living in Vietnam and may have lost family during, after, and from the effects of war.
If we are interested in learning about history and its effects on others, it is important that we use credible sites with scholarly information. One such site is www.besthistory.net. “We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it”. John F Kennedy (Brainy Quotes). This is an interesting quote in relationship to Vietnam and it’s history.
References
Brainy Quotes. (n.d.). www.brainyquotes.com
McNeill, W. H. (1985). Why Study History? Retrieved from www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/archives/why-study-history-(1985)
Oxford Dictionary. (n.d.). www.oxforddictionaries.com
Rosenberg, J. (2014). Vietnam War-A History of the Vietnam. 20th Century History, 1-2. Retrieved from www.history/1990s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamwar.htm
Vietnam War. (n.d.).
Debra Sharpton
Devry
Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience
HIST-415N
Traci Sumner
May 10, 2014
History: Does the past affect the future?
History is “The study of past events in human affairs”. (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.,) Why should we study history? How does history affect people today? Historical knowledge is nothing more than collective memory. Historians work to reinterpret the past, search for new sources and new meanings in old documents to find a new perspective and understanding of the past. (McNeill, 1985, p.2) More specifically, how did the Vietnam War affect the Vietnamese people?
The Vietnam War was a very long struggle to attempt to unify the Vietnam country …show more content…
Many times these effects are negative and people are struggling for many years to overcome deficits. Being aware of what a group of people have been through helps to understand them. It is important to know their history and how it may have affected them to understand what is important to them and what they value. My observations of Vietnamese people are that they work hard and value their families. Many of them were economically deprived while living in Vietnam and may have lost family during, after, and from the effects of war.
If we are interested in learning about history and its effects on others, it is important that we use credible sites with scholarly information. One such site is www.besthistory.net. “We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it”. John F Kennedy (Brainy Quotes). This is an interesting quote in relationship to Vietnam and it’s history.
References
Brainy Quotes. (n.d.). www.brainyquotes.com
McNeill, W. H. (1985). Why Study History? Retrieved from www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/archives/why-study-history-(1985)
Oxford Dictionary. (n.d.). www.oxforddictionaries.com
Rosenberg, J. (2014). Vietnam War-A History of the Vietnam. 20th Century History, 1-2. Retrieved from www.history/1990s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamwar.htm
Vietnam War. (n.d.).