What should kids learn about vietnam i guess they should learn that we went into the war believing a lot of myths and i hope are wiser now we went into vietnam for one thing believing that world politics could be understood simply as a struggle between ourselves and the communist bloc we assumed that the vietnamese revolution was simply a part of moscows global game and that if we were tough they would back down as the soviets did in the cuban missile crisis what we didnt . What should we tell our children about vietnam book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers a collection of 128 statements from vetera. What should we tell our children about vietnam step 1 before reading the article answer the following questions in 2 3 well written sentences 1 why was the us involved in vietnam 2 when was the war fought 3 what were some results of the war 4 why was the united states unable to achieve its goals in vietnam. What should we tell our children about vietnam in february 1987 bill mccloud a junior high school teacher in pryor oklahoma decided that the time had come to teach students about vietnam mccloud a veteran of the war found few teaching aids so he wrote to a variety of people connected with the conflict cabinet officers generals pilots and protestors asking what they thought was most important to teach about the war more than 120 people wrote back including george . What we should tell our children about vietnam book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers what should we tell our children about vie