It was a fight about democracy and communism. That is what the cold war was about.
Vietnam was the second "hot" battle of the Cold War. Korea was the first. For some Vietnamese, both North and South, it was a nationalist war. Others probably saw themselves as Cold War pawns, and in retrospect that is exactly what they were.
North Vietname was Communist, but many peasants in South Vietnam were nationalist with enabled them to sympathise and agree with aims of North Vietnam. Communisn and Nationalism are strongly linked as ideologies
The Cold War. Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
Most people accept the spread of communism as the prime cause of the Vietnam War, a battle of the cold war.
Vietnam was part of 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.
Cold War means "no violence or no shooting." WAR is a series of battles. Very seldom is one battle a war. A Hot War is a shooting war. The Korean War was the first "Hot Battle" of the cold war. Korea was the FIRST violent clash between the Communist World and the Free World. It ended in a draw, or at least the communists were STOPPED at the 38th Parallel. The Vietnam War was the second "Hot Battle" of the cold war. The communists won that war.
Vietnam was a hot battle of the cold war.
Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
The Cold War; Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
The Cold War. Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the "Cold War". The Korea was the first "hot" battle of the "Cold War."
Vietnam War, the second "hot" battle of the Cold War.
Hot battle of the cold war.
A "hot" battle of the cold war.
Hot battle of the Cold war.
Hot battle of the cold war.
The Vietnam War was a "hot" battle of the COLD WAR. The "cold war" was a non-shooting war waged against communism.