Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The early part of the Vietnam war

The Vietnam War was an effort to contain communism in southeast Asia. America saw North Vietnam's leader, Ho Chi Minh, as a communist. Because of this, America sent troops into Vietnam in order to continue with the containment program throughout the world. Americans tried to eliminate all communist Vietnamese, known as Vietcongs. However, they had no idea who was a normal civilian, and who was a Vietcong. The US sent many people from South Vietnam into "Fortified Hamlets" in order to not let the Vietcong persuade them into becoming communist. On top of this they burned down many peasant's villages. The entire plan backfired when this resulted in more people wanting to join the Vietcong.
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  1. UnknownApril 19, 2016 at 5:39 PM

    I think's it's interesting to notice how adamant the United States had become on trying to end the ideal of communism.

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  2. UnknownApril 21, 2016 at 11:21 AM

    I agree, that the U.S. plan to stop communism in Vietnam backfired, as Vietnam is a communist country today.

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