Vietnam_War

Vietnam War The Vietnam War, the nations longest war, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two World Wars were deadlier (“Vietnam War”). The U.S. Treasury spent over $140 billion on the war, enough money to fund urban renewal projects in every major American city (“Vietnam War”). The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders. Following its success in WWII, the U.S. faced the future with a sense of moral rectitude and material confidence (“Vietnam War”). There were actually two phases of the War. During the first phase, which began in 1946, the Vietnamese fought France for control of Vietnam. At that time, Vietnam was part of the colony of French Indochina (Pike 373). The Vietnam War was actually the second phase of fighting in Vietnam (373). With everything going on in Vietnam and the United States, everything was falling apart including the governments, moral issues, and the cities. The fight for the U.S. was led by many famous American presidents, five to be exact. The aftermath and turmoil of this war was a catastrophe, considering Vietnam still became a Communist country. How did the war start' Well, the French wanted colonialism vietnam, war, united, states, south, president, kennedy, johnson, barr, communist, american, one, north, nixon, eisenhower, vietnamese, truman, office, geneva, first, fight, enemy, calley, against, wanted, two, troops, things, students, started, presidents, part, over, moral, military, led