Policy Of Containment In The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was an unofficial war between the United States allied with South Vietnam against North Vietnam. While some may argue America won because they had less casualties, North Vietnam won because they spread communism, were successful in unifying Vietnam, and they tore America apart. There were roughly 1 million 200 thousand deaths in the Vietnam War. Firstly, the main reason America became involved with Vietnam is to continue the Policy of Containment. This was based off the domino theory, if countries became communist then it would cause communism to grow. The main objective was to stop communism, although the US failed in doing so. As a matter of fact, they did the exact opposite and helped the spread of communism. In 1975 the city of Saigon was attacked, and eventually became communist and renamed Ho Chi Minh city this event was known as the Fall of Saigon. The fact that North Vietnam was able to expand the economic/political system of Communism marks a win for the state because having the same or similar ideology increase the chances of being allies. Allies are important for when there is a war. As a result of North Vietnam spreading communism …show more content…
Some might say that the United States won because they had a better military, but the 58,220 soldiers that America lost were in vain. While the roughly 1.1 million Vietcong and North Vietnam soldiers that died, died for a cause. Since they were outnumbered and overpowered troops against the US used tactics to fight such as Ho Chi Minh Trail, Guerilla Warfare, and the media. There is footage of the Vietnam War, and when citizens saw the footage it outbroke a series of violent protest. One of the bigger protest is the Kent State Shooting, where Ohio National Guards killed 4 college students. All the internal disagreement in the US eventually led Richard Nixon to pull America out of the