After John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, involvement in Vietnam escalated. Over the next 10 years, the U.S. government sent three million American to Vietnam to fight. At least 3 million Vietnamese died as did ____ American soldiers.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.