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What does containment have to do with the US and the Vietnam war?
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∙ 13y ago
Containing it=Keeping it from spreading.
Example 1: Keeping Communist North Vietnam from conquering South Vietnam; which failed (South Vietnam was consumed by communist North Vietnam).
Example 2: Keeping Communist North Korea from conquering South Korea; which succeeded (South Korea was preserved).
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What was the US involvement in the Vietnam War was based in part on a policy to?
Containment .
Governmant policies during the Vietnam war?
Communist containment.
What was the perspective by the soviet on the containment policy?
The Korean War and Vietnam War are some of their reactions.
Examples of containment in cold war?
United States and South Vietnam
Was the Vietnam War a success for containment?
Depends on how you chose to define the word "success".
What was the US fighting for during the Vietnam War?
The containment of communism.
What was the US involvement in the Vietnam War was based in part on a policy to?
Containment .
What were the governmant policies during the Vietnam war?
Communist containment.
Governmant policies during the Vietnam war?
Communist containment.
What was the perspective by the soviet on the containment policy?
The Korean War and Vietnam War are some of their reactions.
Examples of containment in cold war?
United States and South Vietnam
What were the reasons of the US entering the Vietnam War?
The reason was to prevent the expansion of Communism into Southeast Asia. The US called it the "dominoe theory."
What was the US policy known as containment?
The containment policy was that the US would fight against any attempt by existing communist countries to take over other countries and add them to the Soviet bloc. This was the reason for the Korean War (in which the North Korean effort to take over South Korea was successfully prevented) and the Vietnam War (in which the North Vietnamese effort to take over South Vietnam succeeded despite US efforts at containment).
What was United States political standpoint in the Vietnam war?
Soviet (Communist) containment.
Was the Vietnam War a success for containment?
Depends on how you chose to define the word "success".
How did cold war policies impact American foreign policy especially during Vietnam and Korea?
Containment. VN & Korea were containment.
What was the policy of containment in Vietnam?
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.
