1. Did not have full support from media, political powers, etc.
2. The US could not stop the flow of communist men & material into South Vietnam without widening the war.
3. The US could not used nuclear weapons.
4. The US was fighting on unfamiliar grounds where as the vietcong had years of experience with the land.
The war in Vietnam was unsuccessful. But it halted the Communist advance in South East Asia. Without the Vietnam war, the entire south east asia would be red with blood.
To prevent the spread of communism
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World war I, World war II, Korean war, and Vietnam war.
All three Australian armed forces and civilian formations were involved in the Vietnam war from 1962 to 1972. The related link lists them.
It wasn't "unsuccessful" according the communists; they won the war.
The Vietnam war... wait...
You probably mean Vietnam
Couldn't isolate the battlefield.
The Vietnam War is considered an American loss. Its purpose was to prevent North Vietnam from becoming a Communist government, and this effort proved unsuccessful.
When Portugal is named as the world's new Vietnam, U.S. troops will invade and fight in a war, the Sequel to the unsuccessful war in Vietnam; the difference is that this time, the U.S. will be victorious and stop Communism in Portugal/Vietnam.
Part of the cold war.
to fight communism
Ignorance...
There was a war going on.
Military conscription.
The war in Vietnam was unsuccessful. But it halted the Communist advance in South East Asia. Without the Vietnam war, the entire south east asia would be red with blood.