The United States should not have been involved in Vietnam after World War II

The United States should not have been involved in Vietnam after World War II

Introduction

The Vietnam War was a long-drawn conflict of the Cold War era, which lasted around 20 years, between 1955 and 1975. It was fought between the US-backed South Vietnamese army and the National Liberation Front, also known as the Viet Cong, which was supported by the communist allies. The US involvement in Vietnam was due to a widely held belief in the echelons of power in Washington that the containment of communism was to ...