COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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It was the greatest U.S. military victory in history
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The American Economy improved drastically
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All Americans believed it was necessary to be there
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It was America’s first major military defeat
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S. economy. Unwilling to raise taxes to pay for the war, President Johnson unleashed a cycle of inflation. The war also weakened U.S. military morale and undermined, for a time, the U.S. commitment to internationalism.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States entered Vietnam with the principal purpose of preventing a communist takeover of the region. In that respect, it failed: the two Vietnams were united under a communist banner in July 1976. Neighbouring Laos and Cambodia similarly fell to communists.
Detailed explanation-3: -The result of the Vietnam War was communist control of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The Việt Cộng was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, and emerged on the winning side.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S. entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism, but foreign policy, economic interests, national fears, and geopolitical strategies also played major roles. Learn why a country that had been barely known to most Americans came to define an era.