Same thing that is happening in Korea. Same thing that is happening in Iraq. Same thing that is happening in Afghanistan. American leaders had many reasons to go into these countries.
One reason why the United States involved itself in the Vietnam War was to protect South Vietnam from North Vietnam. This act some would agree was strictly humanitarian. In hind sight, many will say that it did not matter if we went in to protect the South. When we left the country in 1975 and the North Vietnamese infiltrated the South and took it over again.
The Vietnam War was mainly a political war, run by the politician's, not the War Department.
Ho Chi Minh was the name of this leader. (And the name Ho Chi Minh is neither imflammatory nor offensive.)
There was no rise of communism for South Vietnam (Republic of South Vietnam); they were conquered by North Vietnamese Army tanks!
Vietnam was never Communist (which means a classless stateless society based on production for use, with no rulers or money or borders).
Vietnam is currently ruled by the Communist government led by President Nguyen Minh Triet.
The communist super-power's goal was expanding communism; Hanoi was trying to expand communism by attempting to take over the "Republic" of South Vietnam, a non-communist country (nation). North Vietnam was in keeping with communist expansion; which is why the Chinese Communists/USSR supplied Hanoi with war material & training.
Just like Korea, North Vietnam is a communist state under Ho Chi Minh, while South Vietnam is run under a non-communist pro-American government led by Ngo Dinh Diem and later Nguyen Van Thieu.
Lenin led communist revolutionaries to overthrow the provisional government of Russia in November 1917. This led to Russia having the first communist government in the world.
Viet Congs: North communist Vietnamese supporters of the communist Front in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War (known in Vietnam as the American War). The Viet Congs fought against both the government/military of South Vietnam and the armed forces of the United States between 1959 and 1975. They were initially a loose grouping of guerrilla fighters. Quick Note: South Vietnam/South Vietnamese didn't want the communist takeover from communist North Vietnam, they wanted to be a democratic country. U.S. entered the war to stop the spread of communism and support the democratic South Vietnam.
Vietnam is currently ruled by the Communist government led by President Nguyen Minh Triet.
Communist infiltration into South Vietnam.
Vietnam has a one-party socialist republic system of government. The Communist Party of Vietnam is the dominant political party, and the government is led by the General Secretary of the party. Although there are other political parties allowed, the Communist Party holds significant power.
The communist super-power's goal was expanding communism; Hanoi was trying to expand communism by attempting to take over the "Republic" of South Vietnam, a non-communist country (nation). North Vietnam was in keeping with communist expansion; which is why the Chinese Communists/USSR supplied Hanoi with war material & training.
Just like Korea, North Vietnam is a communist state under Ho Chi Minh, while South Vietnam is run under a non-communist pro-American government led by Ngo Dinh Diem and later Nguyen Van Thieu.
In 1956, South Vietnam, with American backing, refused to hold the unification elections. By 1958, Communist-led guerrillas known as the Viet Cong had begun to battle the South Vietnamese government. By; Kenya Z. T. In 1956, South Vietnam, with American backing, refused to hold the unification elections. By 1958, Communist-led guerrillas known as the Viet Cong had begun to battle the South Vietnamese government. By; Kenya Z. T.
Lenin led communist revolutionaries to overthrow the provisional government of Russia in November 1917. This led to Russia having the first communist government in the world.
It was Ho Chi Minh.
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they patterned their government after russia
Communist
Viet Congs: North communist Vietnamese supporters of the communist Front in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War (known in Vietnam as the American War). The Viet Congs fought against both the government/military of South Vietnam and the armed forces of the United States between 1959 and 1975. They were initially a loose grouping of guerrilla fighters. Quick Note: South Vietnam/South Vietnamese didn't want the communist takeover from communist North Vietnam, they wanted to be a democratic country. U.S. entered the war to stop the spread of communism and support the democratic South Vietnam.