The_Vietnam_War

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War Throughout the past century, there have been numerous controversial topics from suffrage to slavery. Perhaps one of the most controversial, at least in my opinion, was the war in Vietnam. Even today, right now, if you ask someone what he or she thinks about the Vietnam War, you are sure to get an earful. But, while opinions have their place, the real questions still linger. How did this war start' What was the United States involvement in the war' Lastly, was the price that the United States paid worth it' These are the questions I posed to myself, and then set out to try and answer here, in this paper. The Vietnamese War, as defined to me in the New Standard Encyclopedia, was “ an undeclared war for the control of South Vietnam, starting in 1957 and ending in 1975.” The war began as a Communist guerrilla campaign supported by North Vietnam, who sought control of South Vietnam. The United war, vietnam, united, states, south, vietnamese, north, american, peace, troops, major, end, year, while, offensive, both, washington, tet, soldiers, set, role, president, people, paper, over, opinion, men, government, forces, first, feel, dc, communist, 1969, young