越南战争是美国历史上持续时间最长的战争,其经济耗费至少2500亿美元,并结束了美国二战后25年的经济繁荣,使得美国在冷战中的态势由强势变为弱势,不得不积极寻求与中国的合作,同时也加剧了美国国内的种族问题、民权问题,给美国人民造成巨大的精神创伤。据美国自己的统计,美军在整个越南战争期间共死亡5,8万人,受伤30,4万人,2000多人失踪。对于美军士兵伤亡的关注,除了这种直接伤亡数据外,还有人换了一个角度,即士兵死亡的平均年龄。最早选择这个角 The Vietnam War was the longest sustained war in the history of the United States. Its economy cost at least 250 billion U.S. dollars and ended the 25-year economic boom in the United States after the Second World War. As a result, the U.S. situation in the Cold War turned from strong to weak and had to actively seek Cooperation with China has also exacerbated the racial and civil rights problems in the United States and caused tremendous trauma to the American people. According to the statistics of the United States, the U.S. troops killed 58,000 people, injured 300,000 to 400,000 people and left over 2,000 missing during the Vietnam War. In addition to this direct casualty data, concern is expressed about the casualties of U.S. soldiers that the average age at which soldiers died is also changed. The earliest choice of this corner