In: Armed forces & society: official journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society : an interdisciplinary journal, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 311-319
INTEREST IN THE PSYCHOSOCIAL READJUSTMENT OF VIETNAM VETERANS HAS INCREASED STEADILY SINCE THE END OF THE CONFLICT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. AS A RESULT FEDERALLY FUNDED STUDIES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VIETNAM VETERAN; IN PARTICULAR, WHAT HIS SPECIFIC NEEDS AND PROBLEMS ARE, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO EXPEDITE THEIR RESOLUTION. DUE IN PART TO THIS INCREASED WILLINGNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO FUND RESEARCH PROJECTS ON THIS SUBJECT, A VIETNAM VETERANS QUESTIONNAIRE (VVQ) WAS DEVELOPED. IT WAS FORMULATED PRIMARILY FOR VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CERTAIN "UNIQUE" ASPECTS WHICH SERVED TO SET THAT CONFLICT APART FROM ALL OTHER WARS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUENESS, MANY OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THESE RETURNING VETERANS ARE ALSO UNIQUE AND CANNOT BE RESOLVED BY REFERRING TO TREATMENT ACCORDED PREVIOUS VETERANS. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES WHICH SET THE VIETNAM CONFLICT APART FROM OTHER U.S. WARS CENTER AROUND THE OPPOSITION AT HOME; THE NATURE OF THE WAR; THE USE OF MILITARY PSYCHIATRY IN VIETNAM; A BRIEF TRANSITION PERIOD; AND, EXCEPT FOR KOREA, ENTERING AND EXITING ALONE.3