THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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because Ho Chi Minh was a communist.
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because Ho Chi Minh was racist towards Americans
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because Ho Chi Minh had betrayed the United States Prior to the war.
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because of Ho Chi Minh race.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Initially the United States had little interest in Vietnam and was equivocal about supporting France, but in 1950, due to an intensification of the Cold War and a fear that communism would prevail in Vietnam, the U.S. began providing financial and military support to French forces.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. felt that it was losing the Cold War and needed to “contain” communism. It was against this backdrop that the first U.S. military advisers were sent to help the French battle the communists of Northern Vietnam in 1950.
Detailed explanation-3: -Washington backs the French From 1947 the United States, determined to halt the growth of communism in Asia, backed the return of the French in Vietnam. This was not universally popular with Americans, many of whom despised colonialism and believed that Asian nations should be free to govern themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vietnamese revolutionary and communist Ho Chi Minh wanted freedom for the country of Vietnam. However, the Allies all agreed that Vietnam belonged to the French. Eventually Ho Chi Minh and his rebels began to fight the French. Ho’s soldiers in the north were called the Viet Minh.