USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Vietnam War was the second-longest war in United States history, after the war in Afghanistan. Promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration.

Detailed explanation-2: -1954-1975. The Vietnam War was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Vietnam War may have defined 1960s and 1970s America, but it lasted 10 years by the most widely accepted metric (and, officially, it was never a war at all). And while World War I and II may have killed far more American troops, the fighting didn’t linger for a decade and a half.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Vietnam War was the longest war in American history and the only military war that the United States has lost. The War on Poverty guaranteed an annual income to all Americans, created jobs for the unemployed, promoted unionization, and made it more difficult for businesses to shift production overseas.