THE WAR IN VIETNAM
FOR 12 YEARS, UNITED STATES WAS ENGAGED IN A FUTILE WAR, TRYING TO PREVENT SOUTH VIETNAM THEN AS THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, ROM BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE NORTH (THE DEMOCRATIC OF VIETNAM)
THE UNITED STATES' INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1960S. A TIME
WHEN MANY ASIAN COUNTRIES WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE FROM THEIR
COLONIAL RULERS. THE COMMUNISTS HAD JUST DEFEATED THE KUOMINTANG IN CHINA, AND NON-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES WERE ALARMED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF NATIONALISTS BEING SUPPORTED COMMUNIST CHINA OR THE SOVIET UNION.