The causes of the Vietnam war are the divide of the north and the south between ideology and nationalism. Nationalism was one of the main cause of the Vietnam war because The United States initially entered the Vietnam War to aid the French but it was nationalism that caused the both the Communist North and American's to continue the war. I think the most important causes are the divide between the capitalists and communists. After the divid of ideology they both got different leaders, the south's leader was Diem and the north's leader was Ho Chi Minh. ... Therefore although th...

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This was a huge problem for the anti-communist government of the United States. Both Greece and Turkey had rapidly deteriorating economies, and perhaps more problematic was the rise of Communist led parties in each country. ... Russia as communist-evil and the United States as anti-communist-good are childish. ... Avi Shlaim wrote a book about the United States and the Berlin blockade where he defines why he thought Truman was cautious about Berlin. ... Not long after the Berlin Crisis and the possible war that could have developed out of it came another communist threat and possible World...

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