1. The Vietnam War - Lessons and Mistakes
The French were losing and were not able to control the communist North Vietnamese from invading South Vietnam. The United States originally tried to help the French by giving them financial aid to fight off the communist attackers. ... This is who America decided was a threat that they wanted to stop before all of Indochina became communist. ... With the help of the United States, there would hope in stopping the communist North Vietnamese from taking over. ... But Diem had sound credentials as a nationalist and impeccable ones as an anti-Communist...
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