1.) How did America, or Americans and Veterans of WWII, misunderstand the circumstances around entering the Vietnam War? 2.) How did America's sense of Cold War paranoia blind it from looking at the state of Vietnam through a lens of colonialism? Was the Vietnam War justified?

3.) How do the experiences of soldiers and families affected by the Vietnam War change the notions of what it means to be an American, fighting for freedoms and liberty and democracy?

4.) What do these experiences suggest about America's contemporary involvement in other countries, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and North Korea?