Vietnam was simply the "shooting aspect" of the cold war.
It would be like two men arguing in a bar (this would be the cold war part), then they go outside and have a fist fight (this would be the Vietnam part).
Containment, or rather Eisenhower's Domino Theory which speculated that should Vietnam submit to Communism, then surrounding countries would also fall. Also, with the Truman Doctrine of 1947, the USA was bound inextricably to help countries trying to combat Communism.
containment.
Korea was the FIRST "Hot" battle of the Cold War. Vietnam was the SECOND "Hot" battle of the Cold War. The Communists lost (or stalemated) with the first battle, but won the second battle. The communists were contained in Korea. They expanded in Vietnam.The policy of containment in Vietnam was a US foreign policy to contain and isolate the spread of communism to neighboring countries. If communism were not contained in North Vietnam, then South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand would inevitably become communist as well.
Containment. VN & Korea were containment.
The Cold War. Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
Vietnam was part of the cold war.
Korea, Germany, and Vietnam were all countries that were divided between a Communist State and a Western-aligned Capitalist State. As a result, they became the sites of flare-ups and violence during the Cold War.
Both were "hot" battles of the cold war.
Answer this question… What has been one long-term result in the Middle East of Cold War-era intervention there?
The atomic age (1945) was the sole event leading into the Vietnam War. 1. No atomic age, no cold war. 2. No cold war; no Vietnam War.
Hawks believed Vietnam was a crucial front in the Cold War
To contain communism. The Korean & Vietnam Wars were part of that containment policy.
Hawks believed Vietnam was a crucial front in the Cold War
Korea was the FIRST "Hot" battle of the Cold War. Vietnam was the SECOND "Hot" battle of the Cold War. The Communists lost (or stalemated) with the first battle, but won the second battle. The communists were contained in Korea. They expanded in Vietnam.The policy of containment in Vietnam was a US foreign policy to contain and isolate the spread of communism to neighboring countries. If communism were not contained in North Vietnam, then South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand would inevitably become communist as well.
Nixon was occupied with the Vietnam War, the hot battle of the cold war. His policy there was to B-52 (bomb) Hanoi (North Vietnam's Capital) back to the negotiation tables.
Containment. VN & Korea were containment.
Vietnam is not cold and snowy, it is warm and swampy.
Direct military intervention in south east Asia by the United States to curb the spread of communism failed. The most notable failure was Vietnam.
Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.