The United States restricted tourism in those countries.
The United states wanted to prevent all of Asia from becoming communist
To prevent the nation from becoming a communist outpost
The united states wanted to prevent all of Asia from becoming communist
The united states wanted to prevent all of Asia from becoming communist
The United States assisted revolutionaries in those countries.The USA practiced terrorism. See:The New War Against TerrorBy Noam ChomskyOctober 18, 2001 - Transcribed from audio recorded at The Technology & Culture Forum at MIT The Talk (audio)
No. The exact reverse happened. Laos and Cambodia were Western-oriented constitutional monarchies in 1960. By the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, both countries became Communist dictatorships.
The CIA or Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has had its hand in many affairs overseas. They got involved in overthrowing Iran and Guatemala because they wanted to prevent the rise of communist-friendly states or states whose interests did not necessarily align with those of the US or its allies.
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.
During the Cold War era, the only US objective in southeast Asia was to prevent nations from becoming communist. It was felt at the time (incorrectly) that all communist nations were necessarily part of a global, anti-American alliance.
To prevent the communist take over of the NON-communist Republic of South Vietnam, by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
The US tried to prevent South Vietnam from becoming a communist country by fighting the war. After Vietnam became united as one COMMUNIST VIETNAM country, the US delayed relationships with that nation until the end of the cold war. With the ending of the cold war, trade relationships exist between the US and Vietnam; not a big trade relationship, but an exchange of goods, none the less.
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