American Attitudes Toward History.

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      UNITED States; VIETNAM
    • Abstract:
      Examines the isolationist attitude of the U.S. towards history. Divergent senses of the importance of historical time; Manifestation of isolationism in a chronic refusal to take ancient history seriously; Cultivation of intense communion with history of ancient societies such as China, Indonesia and Vietnam; Similarities of the Tet offensive of 1968 to the Vietnamese army's resistance against Chinese invaders of Vietnam in 1789; Importance of history to ancient Asian societies.