COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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Protect South Vietnam from invasion from North Vietnam
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Protect North Vietnam from invasion from South Vietnam
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Protect South Vietnam from communism
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Protect North Vietnam from democracy
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Detailed explanation-1: -China had become communist in 1949 and communists were in control of North Vietnam. The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China supported the north, while the United States was determined to maintain an independent, non-communist South Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was it important for the United States to keep Vietnam from falling to the communists? The war in Vietnam was an important step in controlling the domino effect of communist encroachment in southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the end, even though the American effort to block a communist takeover failed, and North Vietnamese forces marched into Saigon in 1975, communism did not spread throughout the rest of Southeast Asia. With the exception of Laos and Cambodia, the nations of the region remained out of communist control.
Detailed explanation-5: -1) The main reason for US involvement in Vietnam was to stop the spread of communism under Truman’s policy of Containment.