What Exactly Was The Vietnam War And Why Did It Start?
Well, the Vietnam War (or otherwise known as the Cold War) was a war started about North Vietnam (or the Democratic Republic of Vietnam or DMV for short)maybe spreading Communism to South Vietnam that lasted from 1955-1975.America feared that Communism would spread from North Vietnam to South Vietnam and maybe even to the U.S. For the U.S. the primary objective was to stop all expansion of Communism from the North to the South and for North Vietnam it was to proceed the expansion of Communism from the North to the South.
What Is Communism?
Well, the dictionary definition of Communism is "–noun 1. a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. 2. ( often initial capital letter ) a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. 3. ( initial capital letter ) the principles and practices of the Communist party.", as stated by dictionary.reference.com.