THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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was a decisive victory for the United States
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all Americans believed it was a just and necessary war
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involved direct armed conflict with China
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caused a significant amount of protest in the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike the second world war, there was moral ambiguity in Vietnam. America faced an ill-defined enemy that was hard to distinguish from civilians. There were American atrocities and massacres of unarmed civilians. It was hard to portray this war as “good” versus “evil", as had been the case during the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many Americans opposed the war on moral grounds, appalled by the devastation and violence of the war. Others claimed the conflict was a war against Vietnamese independence, or an intervention in a foreign civil war; others opposed it because they felt it lacked clear objectives and appeared to be unwinnable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Americans could see military abuses on television, such as the My Lai Massacre in 1968, which sparked riots in cities and university campuses across the nation. This outrage, fueled by television coverage, ultimately led to the decision to withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1973, and end of the U.S involvement in the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Vietnam war differs from other wars because we were not fighting to take over a country but instead trying to stop a government style from spreading. What were fighting styles and techniques of the war? Gorilla warfare and hand to hand combat.