Ancient China experienced it's own expansion era, and Indochina was part of it.
1975
Against Communist North Vietnam's take over of the Republic of South Vietnam.
The war was fought against COMMUNISM; North Vietnam was communist & trying to take over SOUTH Vietnam which was NOT communist.
To prevent the communist take over of South Vietnam.
A war to preserve the Free Republic of South Vietnam from a communist take over by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
To prevent the communist take over of the Republic of South Vietnam.
Communist North Vietnam, with help from the Chinese, was trying to take over democratically controlled South Vietnam.
they attempted to spread so that they can take over Vietnam
To prevent the communist take over of the NON-communist Republic of South Vietnam, by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
Preserve the Republic of South Vietnam from a communist take over. Which failed. then we pulled out of there.
The struggle between Democracy and Communism.
Vietnam never had the ability to take over the US, any more than it had the ability to take over France two decades earlier. To make the enemy give up and go home was the Vietnamese objective, and it required a colossal effort just to accomplish that.