1. Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh established a military group in 1945, called the Vietminh, that would serve as the military fight against the French in the war named the First Indochina War. ... As former American President Eisenhower said, "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly" (Nalty 314). ... "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be....
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