It became an example of the 'Domino Theory' .
Couldn't use nukes; limited war.
It didn't it was the Cold War.
To fight communism; part of the cold war.
The cold war led to the Vietnam War; the outcome was also because of the cold war. Another words, had there NOT BEEN a cold war (which was created by the atomic bomb); the Vietnam War would have been fought normally/traditionally...with everything the US had (presuming nukes DID NOT exist) and the North would've been invaded...as in ALL US WARS previously.
The communist superpowers supported the north with war material. The US supported the south with men & material. Reason: Cold War.
Cold War means NO FIGHTING. There was no war during the cold war, with the exceptions of the two "HOT BATTLES" of the cold war, the Korean War and Vietnam War. Actual war between the the USSR & the US never happened.
Cold war.
Cold war.
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Part of the cold war.
Part of the cold war.
Part of the cold war.
Vietnam
The Soviet Union (USSR) supplied North Vietnam, and the US fought for South Vietnam.
It didn't it was the Cold War.
They probably fuelled the protesters, as they did in the US.
Only as necessary as the cold war itself.
To fight communism; part of the cold war.