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Article: Vietnam War Returns to U.S. Colleges;Once-Touchy Subject Draws Wide Interest
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- The Washington Post
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- December 25, 1987
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Some enrolled because their fathers served in Vietnam and they
wanted to understand their parents better. Some enrolled because
they had fought in Vietnam and wanted to understand themselves
better.
Whatever their motivation, the students in History of the Vietnam
War at San Jose State University this past semester shared a need to
learn more about the conflict that ended more than 12 years ago. By
doing so, they became part of a growing national trend of treating
the war as an academic topic, not just a source for family quarrels
and Hollywood screenplays.
"Time enough has passed so the war can be looked at as history,"
said Larry Engelmann, who has taught the class at San Jose State ...