The US objective was to bolster the government of South Vietnam and keep it from being taken over by North Vietnam. The US spent much money and human life trying to achieve this goal, but in 1975 South Vietnam collapsed under a North Vietnamese invasion.
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.
No. The Korean War was a draw, but Vietnam was won by the communists.
The Vietnam War demonstrated to the world, that the US would make a stand against communist aggression. The loss of South Vietnam was a temporary blow to US morale.
The Vietnam War might have been avoided, if communism had not been involved.
Vietnam War
Casualties for the people of the US; loss of esteem for the nation.
It helped divide the two nations so we could win the Vietnam war faster.
They were "branded" losers.
No
1. Could not invade North Vietnam 2. Could not use atomic weapons 3. Could not stop flow of men/material into South Vietnam
Vietnam has never had a civil war. The closest you could get would be the Vietnam War, which was fought between the separate although related countries of North and South Vietnam (along with the allies of each side).
Because Vietnam is the name of the country in which the war was fought. If the war was fought in Germany, it could have been called the "German War." Or in Canada, the "Canadian War", etc.