Citizens from both wars were conscripted.
Citizens from both wars protested and rioted.
Vietnam War is a civil war because it was North Vietnam vs South Vietnam.
"They" were getting Vietnam mixed up with the American Civil War (US Civil War); being they were both wars between the "north and south." It was also one of MANY anti-war slogans during the war, "It's a civil war, the US doesn't have any business being there!" Well, those protesters were very wrong; it wasn't a civil war. A civil war is a war fought amongst itself and involving no foreign nation. In the US Civil War (officially designated the "War of the Rebellion" and also known as the "war between the states") Americans were killing Americans. Since US citizens were killling US citizens, this quite naturally made the US Civil War the most bloodiest war in US history. The Viet War on the other hand was a nation called NORTH Vietnam fighting a nation called SOUTH Vietnam. That's not a civil war. It's a traditional war of one country fighting another; it just so happend they had the same last name...Vietnam.
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The US Civil War (1861-1865) and the Vietnam War (1961-1975) are the only wars in which US citizens experienced a military defeat. In both wars the NORTH defeated the SOUTH. In both wars the Southerners/GI's fighting for South Vietnam were treated harshly (called and treated as "losers") by their fellow US Citizens. Even though the US Civil War was a victorious United States victory, the Confederates (Southerners) were still Americans. Secondly, the Vietnam War was our longest war, outlasting the American Revolutionary War by several years.
Neither the Civil War nor the Vietnam War were declared wars.
McCain was a POW during the Vietnam war.
because it was north Vietnam against south Vietnam
American Civil War & Vietnam War.
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It was not a civil war because it was mainly The North Vietnam Army (NVA) vs the United States and our allies like Australia.
No need to "over-use" that "undeclared war..." term. If folks go by that term, people will begin to have troubles defining the American Civil War (aka US Civil War); for, much to the chagrin of Civil War buffs...the Civil War wasn't a declared war either. And by the way, the Civil War was officially called the "War of the Rebellion" (NOT the Civil War). One more note: there hasn't been a US declared war since WWII! So who won the Vietnam War? North Vietnam won the war!
The American Civil War (US Civil War) was not a declared war.