Pathways to Reconciliation: How Americans and Vietnamese Have Transformed Their Relationship

The road to reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam has not been a straight or easy one. In the years following the Vietnam War, citizen diplomats-veterans, families of the missing, humanitarians, Vietnamese Americans, and others-led the way, reaching across geopolitical and ideological lines. Governments eventually followed, and the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1995. This report draws on the theory and practice of reconciliation to identify lessons for strengthening the US-Vietnam partnership and advancing reconciliation between other postconflict countries.

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