100%. No Cold War (communist aggression), No Vietnam.
True, Vietnam allowed the advancement of military technology (jets, UAVs, assault rifles, body armor, new AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicles), reconnaissance vehicles (M551 Sheridan tank), riverine boats (Swift Boats, Alpha Boats, PBRs, Monitors), and helicopters). But then, so did nearly all US wars; the Revoluntionary War introduced the submarine, the TURTLE; the US Civil War introduced the metallic cartridge firing repeating rifles (Henrys and Spencers); WWI introduced aerial warfare; WWII brought the world into the atomic age.
Nations must have a reason for entering a conflict. The Vietnam War was fought against communist aggression.
Put a check on communist aggression.
The main cause was the communist use of force to conquer a non communist country.
Friends and family are frequent targets of aggression because they convenient, easy targets.
to prevent communism from spreading in Southeast Asia
They feared it could lead to future U.S. involvement in European Wars .
Answer this question… To establish a communist government in Russia
The United States sought to prevent the expansion of Communism in Southeast Asia and therefore tried to support right-wing dictatorships throughout Southeast Asia, like South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Laos, and the Kingdom of Thailand, against Communist North Vietnam.
To "Liberate" South Korea is the main reason for the North to attack. The North, which became communist after the Korean peninsula was freed from Japanese rule, wanted South Korea to become communist as well.
America asked them for help, one day Australia might ask America for help. Australia was semi-surrounded with communist encroachment from it's north/northeast/northwest directions.
the communist party gained support of the peasant class during the long march
The main point of the war was to prevent communism. None of the countries wanted communism so they fought to try to protect themselves and others.
Stalin wanted control of Europe and had gained the Baltic States in his agreement with FDR and Churchill. His goal was to see the growth of the communist state in as many countries as possible. This created the situation called the Cold War when the western powers made it a policy to contain the communist aggression they perceived to be taking place by Stalin.