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Why has US involvement in Vietnam been called conflict?

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Misinformed people believe un-declared wars aren't real wars; which makes the US Civil War also a "conflict" since the American Civil War was NOT a declared war either.

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American opposition to the war in Vietnam increased when Americans concluded that President Johnson had not been completely candid regarding the causes of US military involvement in Vietnam About w?

the naval conflict in the Gulf of Tonkin


Were there any conflicts during the Vietnam War?

Certainly. A war is determined explicitly by the presence of conflict. If there was not conflict in Vietnam, there would not have been a war.


Before America's involvement in Vietnam it had been invaded and ruled by all EXCEPT?

You've got it alittle reversed; "Before America's involvement in Vietnam it had been invaded and ruled..." by only 3 or 4 nations (not "all"); China, France, Japan.


How could did the conflict n have been prevented?

If communist North Vietnam did not try to conquer South Vietnam, the war would have been prevented.


What war was first the cold war or the Korean war?

The korean 'war', if officially considered a war, as opposed to a 'police action', would predate the vietnam war, which has also been referred to as a 'conflict'. Semantics aside, u.s. 'involvement' in korea predated u.s. 'involvement' in vietnam.


What led to the ending of the war?

The TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.


Why might the US have been concerned early in Vietnam about China's attitude towards US involvement on the south side of south Vietnam?

They were concerned because at the time, China was communist so (obviously) they were supporting the north of Vietnam. China could have been worried as America had been such a big force in WWII.


What war did the US fight in the 60's?

{| |- | The US involvement in Vietnam began in the 60's. The French had been involved in the war for a long time. Vietnam War went forward for a decade. |}


Why did the war take place in Vietnam?

The war took place in Vietnam because it was a civil war between north and south Vietnam. north Vietnam were communists and south Vietnam were capitalists. Australia's involvement was because they wanted the war on Vietnam soil not on Australian and America and the other countries like new zealand and south Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Spain and Taiwan and ofcourse china


What was the next major conflict in which the US was involved after World War 2?

The Vietnam War No, it would have been Korea


Why might the US have been concerned early in the war about China's attitude toward US involvement in the side of South Vietnam?

They were concerned because at the time, China was communist so (obviously) they were supporting the north of Vietnam. China could have been worried as America had been such a big force in WWII.


The US fought in the Korean war before it began sending troops to Vietnam?

The Korean war ended in 1953, and US military involvement in Vietnam did not begin until 1965, although American Military Advisors and Covert Operatives had been active in Vietnam since 1954.