Key Figures of the Vietnam War

Key Figures of the Vietnam War book cover — CO NTE NTS CHAPTER ONE VIETNAM THE COUNTRY ITS PEOPLE AND THE ROAD TO WAR CHAPTER TWO THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE CHAPTER THREE ASIAN LEADERS CHAPTER FOUR AMERICAN LEADERS STOR

Key Figures of the Vietnam War — page 1 — INTROD UC TO N he Asian country of Vietnam was wracked by war for much of the mid 20th century After decades as a colony of France Viet nam won its independence in 1954 and was then divided into two parts North Vietnam and South Vietnam North Vietnam set up a communist government It wanted to unify the country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China On the other side the anticommunist government of South Vietnam wanted to keep Vietnam more closely aligned with the West Soon these competing interests led to war The conflict that pitted North Vietnam and its allies against South Vietnam and its allies principally the United States is called the Vietnam War Tellingly many Americans do not realize that in Vietnam the conflict is known as the American War The two decades long conflict was more about an idea Communism versus anticommunism than it was about a land grab or a wish to control natural resources Looking at the big

Key Figures of the Vietnam War — page 2 — INTRODUCTION 7 Child commandos wait outside the Vietnamese army training headquarters

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