This portion of the timeline covers the Second Indochina War, which is usually called the “Vietnam War” in the United States (and in Bui’s book) but the “American War” in Việt Nam. Bui seems to be going into the book with the goal that readers from the United States (and countries allied with it) will be better able to reflect on the way they have learned about this war in the past. Through her book, readers may be able to gain a new perspective on the war and the suffering it caused—which continued for long after the American withdrawal.