HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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the growth of resistance movements
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the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev
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the failures of communist economic systems
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the Vietnam War
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Detailed explanation-1: -First, Soviet leaders feared the war could escalate into a nuclear one, or, barring that, the war could force a United States-Soviet Union confrontation. Secondly, the Soviet Union sought to stem the ideological influence of China in Southeast Asia and the communist world.
Detailed explanation-2: -In general, historians have identified several different causes of the Vietnam War, including: the spread of communism during the Cold War, American containment, and European imperialism in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the original communist state, the Soviet Union aided North Vietnam, with increasing support in the late 1960s. While the U.S.S.R. supplied some troops, their biggest contribution was in weaponry.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reason one-Vietnamese independence. Reason two-Civil war. Reason three-The Domino Theory. Reason four-The weak South Vietnamese Government. Reason five-The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964.