Trojan war vs vietnam war

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Vietnam War versus Trojan War
Vietnam and Trojan War were two different tragedies that occurred in different periods of time. The two tragedies share many things in common like the brutality, senselessness and the way the army were treated went back to their various homelands as Vietnam War Bibliography (42) pointed out.
At the end of the Second World War, Japanese soldiers in Indochina handed over power to Vietnamese nationalist leading to the creation of independent government. The following month, a British force entered and occupied Indochina in southern Vietnam as explained by Brands. Washington committed itself to supporting the French, who had gained back some control over some parts of Vietnam because they threatened not to cooperate in Europe if U.S refused to accept their demands overseas. This was pointed out by Raaflaub (386).
The Trojan War too was also manipulated though in a different way. Strife threw a golden apple in the midst of the guest in a wedding Riggs presents this. Athena and Hera plotted to destroy Troy using Greece. Trojan War began this way and was manipulated by gods.
Both Vietnam and Trojan War led to killings of many several civilians resulting from cruel and brutal shown by attacking potencies. Gorman (140) explained that Vietnam War had estimated casualties of 1.5 million people while Trojan War had a great number of casualties that was not recorded for the entire city, children, men and women were killed.
In both instances, the soldiers have one thing in common on how they were treated after returning to their home except the time periods that differs significantly.

Soldiers who participated in Vietnam War were gained respect from some and were also shunned by others. Ten solid years after Trojan War, the American soldiers finally received a warm welcome back home. They were treated as heroes and shunned as well.
Conclusion
Based on the facts we can conclude that both Vietnam and Trojan War were analogous. Both were manipulated by various influences; both were violent leading to deaths of many people. The society in both instances also had similar concept though had a slight difference.

Works Cited
Raaflaub, Kurt A. ‘Homer, The Trojan War, And History’. The Classical World 91.5 (1998): 386. Web.
Gorman, Lyn. ‘Television And War: Australia’s Four Corners Programme And Vietnam, 1963–1975’. War and Society 15.1 (1997): 119-150. Web.
‘Vietnam War Bibliography: (Formerly Titled Edwin Moise Bibliography Of The Vietnam War)’. Choice Reviews Online 42.12 (2005): 42Sup-0535-42Sup-0535. Web.
Brands, H. W. The Wages Of Globalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Print.
Riggs, Thomas. The Literature Of War. Detroit: St. James Press, 2012. Print.