Creation: 11 April 2025

General Note: Session 2B
The Repercussions from the Fall of South Vietnam and Cambodia
from 1975 to 2025
Commentator/Moderator: Stephen Sherman, Independent Researcher, Vietnam Veteran
This panel discussion will provide a brief look at the immediate aftermath of the Vietnam
War in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It will then engage in a broader discussion of
longer-term repercussions of the Vietnam War to include the Vietnamese diaspora in the
U.S., American self-perceptions and education, the perception of the U.S. as a “paper
tiger” and unreliable ally, and “where we go from here.”
Discussants:
Professor Robert F. Turner, Distinguished Fellow, Center for National Security
Law, University of Virginia School of Law (Retired), Vietnam Veteran
Stephen Young, Independent Researcher, MACV/CORDS Advisor; Dean and
Professor, Hamline University School of Law
Richard Armitage, Riverine/Naval Advisor, Defense Attache Office, later State
and Defense Official, Vietnam Veteran
Nghia Vo, Vietnam Veteran, Independent Researcher
(Note: Free copies of A Factual History of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath will be
provided to session attendees.)
Location: University Room

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI4681

Citation: 1975: The End of the Vietnam War - 2025 Conference, Institute for Peace and Conflict / Vietnam Center and Archive - Session 2B - The Repercussions from the Fall of South Vietnam and Cambodia from 1975 to 2025, 999VI4681. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI4681, Accessed 30 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line: 999VI4681, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive