LESSON 14: VIETNAM AND AFGHANISTAN

Department of Defense LESSON 14: VIETNAM AND AFGHANISTAN PIN 711211 1999 PROGRAM PROVIDES A COMPARISON OF TWO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD'S TWO SUPER POWER STATES IN TWO DIFFERENT DECADES. IT PRESENTS AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM AND THE IMPACT IT HAD UPON OUR WORLD VIEW, MILITARY FORCE DESIGN AND COMMITMENT OF NATIONAL WILL. IT DESCRIBES HOW THE SOVIET UNION JUMPED INTO AN AREA THEY KNEW HAD HELP TO DEVELOP AND BECOME INVOLVED IN A BLOODY CIVIL WAR.