The Cold War: The Vietnam War

Consisting of 44 years of violence and civil unrest from 1947 to 1991, the Cold War was a huge turning-point in history. The Cold War however was a war of avoidance, not combat. Defence systems were heavily funded as deterrence to actual war, the belief being a risk of mutual annihilation would be too great to be the side to make the first move. However, the Cold War caused a large variety of conflict and civil unrest around the world, such as the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The War split the world into supporting either the United States, or the USSR (Soviet Union). Both superpowers were associated with two very different political systems; Capitalism and Communism. The Soviets were very concerned about the spread

The Cold War was the rivalry between the two superpowers of the world, The United States and the Soviet Union, this war lasted about 45 years and fought each other indirectly for power and control of the world. This battle began towards the end of the World War II in 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union started noticing their differences and this caused conflict between them.This war was unlike other wars, there was no fighter planes flying over countries dropping bombs, no ground troops,and no deployment of missiles, however there was nuclear weapons being used,plenty of money being spent,propaganda and two powerful enemies against each other like other wars. Who was to blame for this war? The Soviets or the United States? Both made

Throughout history, humans have tried to perfect government. Many wars have been started by world powers trying to force their faulty government upon others. In the modern world, the Fascist government of Nazi Germany oppressed minorities in the name of advancement. The Soviet Union imprisoned millions in their immoral gulags, but justified it in the name fighting crime. Even looking as far back as Ancient Greece, we saw these conflicts. Some of the greatest victories can be attributed to a superior government. And yet, some of the worst acts of immorality have been done in the name of superior government.

The Vietnam War was a long, immoderate furnished clash that hollowed the socialist administration of North Vietnam and its southern partners, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its chief associate, the United States. The war started in 1954 after the ascent to force of Ho Chi Minh and his socialist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and proceeded against the background of an exceptional Cold War between two worldwide superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million individuals (counting 58,000 Americans) were murdered in the Vietnam War; more than half were Vietnamese regular citizens. By 1969, at the top of U.S. association in the war, more than 500,000 U.S. military work forces were included in the Vietnam struggle. Developing restriction to the war in the United States prompted astringent divisions among Americans, both previously, then after the fact President Richard Nixon requested the withdrawal of U.S. strengths in 1973. In 1975, comrade strengths seized control of Saigon, consummation the Vietnam War, and the nation was bound together as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the next year. Amid World War II, Japan attacked and possessed Vietnam, a country on the eastern edge of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia that had been under French organization since the late nineteenth century. Enlivened by Chinese and Soviet socialism, Ho Chi Minh framed the Viet Minh, or the League for the Independence of Vietnam, to battle both

During World War II the Soviet Union and the United States had fought together against the Axis powers. The Americans had been concerned about the Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical blood thirst to rule his own country. The Cold War was to dominate the international affairs and many major crisis that had occurred like the spreading of` Communist, Iron Curtain, The Marshall Plan, NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the Vietnam War, and the Berlin Wall.

The Cold War began in 1947-1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed. During those years the United States, its NATO allies and others versus the Soviet Union and its satellite states were trying to prove who the real superpower country. They did not do large scale warfare but they did proxy wars including the Cuba, China, Vietnam, Korea, and many other countries. But aside from the nuclear arsenals it was also the struggle for dominance in psychological warfare, massive propaganda campaigns and espionage, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.

When examining the Vietnam War you must first understand the involvement of the events surrounding the Cold War. The ‘Vietnam War’ as it is known is a product of the cold war era, by this I mean that events in the Cold War led to the US’s involvement and creation of issues causing the conflict. “The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.” The exact date in which the war started are debated about between historians because the period in which Vietnam had unrest and issues dates back to Japan’s invasion of Vietnam in 1940. The Vietnam wars origins are also described as deriving from earlier Indochina wars of the 40’s and 50’s. However post WWII the French regained control of former colonised Vietnam leading to unrest within the Vietnamese people heightening. The Vietnamese people wanted independence. Ralph Smith Describes “War and Communism have shaped the pattern of Vietnamese history since 1945. If the French had not decided after the Pacific War to recover control of their former colony by force, it is by no means certain the communists would have emerged as the strongest contender for power in an independent Vietnam.” It is not hard to decipher the reasons why the Vietnamese were unrested and wanted independence, to live in peace is not an unreasonable request.

Like many geopolitical changes in the world, the division of North and South Korea was the result of a war. The Korean War took place from 1950 to 1953. Although the Korean War was not the reason for the division, it just made the split more permanent. The Cold War, however, had more to do with the split. The Cold War was an ideological war primarily between the United States, which represented capitalism, and the Soviet Union, which represented communism, through proxy wars (Soviet War in Afghanistan, Vietnam War, and Korean War).

The Korean War wasn't just a war between South and North Korea, it also involved the United Nations, China, and the USSR. The Cold War was a war between the USSR and the USA. The reason it is called the Cold War is because it wasn't really a war, it was just a bunch of threats with nuclear weapons. In this paper I will talk about some of the biggest battles in the Korean War: the battle of Pusan Perimeter, the battle of Inchon, and the battle of Chosin Reservoir.

The Cold war was a conflict between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, but was ideological war between Democracy and Communism. The cold war was mostly a war of words and not a war of combat. Though some conflicts broke out because the Cold War, America and the Soviet Union were in never in direct combat with each other. Eventually, America won the Cold War during the space race.

Within the period of the Cold War ( DATE OF COLD WAR) a significant event was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War started on 1st of November, 1955 and ended on the 30th of April, 1975. The war of Vietnam was a destructive experience which lasted for 20 years. The significance of this historical event was that is made a colossal global impact. The importance of the Vietnam War was defined by the hope of uniting the country under the government's rule of the communists.

From 1947-1991 what is known as the Cold War happened. The Cold War was between two world powers, the USA and the Union of Soviet Republics (USSR). However, the war before the Cold War, World War II (WWII), was what led to the Cold War. The USA was not involved in WWII however, until the Japanese decided to make an attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Since they were attacked, they could no longer ignore what was happening in the world and joined forces with the USSR to stop the war. The USA decided to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese making WWII “the deadliest war in history”(Boyer, PG. 828). This bomb also ended the war. Once the two forces were victorious they then began their own quarrel.

As Geneva Accords was triggered in 1954, it divided Vietnam into two sections aligning to the 17th parallel. (Ho Chi Minh) While Ho Chi Minh led Communist government and controlled northern part, Diem led U.S supported government and controlled southern part. This pleasant treaty for Vietnam also gave chance to reunify Vietnam in single government regime by letting them have a free election to be held in 1956. Meanwhile, United States and Soviet Union was involved in cold war. After the end of World War II, both nations attempted to spread their political influences to other nations; expansion of Soviet Union’s political influence triggered United States to feel anxiety since both nations had opposing political ideology. Wishing Southeast Asia not influenced by Communists, United States supported Diem rather than supporting Vietnam as a whole. As the free election date approached in Vietnam, Diem’s government in south Vietnam refused to hold election nor they took any action. North Vietnamese Communists, including Ho Chi Minh and some people in south, including Viet Minh supporters, got angry on Diem’s government and on how they used violence to eliminate enemies. The formation of Viet Minh, by Ho Chi Minh, gave a toehold for merging with south Vietnamese people, to

Over the 20th century contention over capitalism and communism took a strong hold on foreign affairs. From the American experience in the Cold War, lessons regarding ideology and the inclination to dominate as a world power may be formed. Future American foreign relations between Russia and North Korea can be inferred when considering American actions throughout The Cold War and The Vietnam War, such as the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. aid to South Vietnamese soldiers.

The Cold War was a result of what happened at the end of World War 2. At the end of World War 2, the Soviets held a grudge against the U.S for their delayed entrance in the World War resulting in deaths of thousands of Russians resulting in the appearance of the Cold War .The Cuban Missile Crisis was a significant flashpoint in the Cold War because it was the moment two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. This crisis, while posing the very real threat of global annihilation, also led to the signing of the ‘Nuclear Test Ban Treaty’ prompting the soviets and the U.S to reduce their nuclear missile stockpiles. It was significant because It could have been the trigger point for a nuclear war, led to reduction of nuclear stockpile by Soviets and U.S and also to the relaxation of the tensions between the Soviets and the U.S.