... sources and their conclusions derived from those sources are neutral and not one-sided. Therefore, as a history student, I will be writing the next few paragraphs with the guide of the facts I have studied and an open mind, ending with a personal logical conclusion about the war which lasted mainly ten years(1965-1975) in a divided country that to begin with was struggling for unification since the end of World War II(1945). The possibility of war was precedent probably as early as 1945. It was the end of World War II and U.S was promoting democracy and trying to abolish colonialism around the world. Colonised by the French for a century, Vietnam was fighting for independence. It took them until 1954 to rid a century of colonial rule when communist forces defeated French troops. Communism was strong in the North and South Vietnam had a majority of anti-communism habitants. The Communists ...

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