cold-war-modern: Lesson 37

The Vietnam War was a prolonged conflict that had significant implications for U.S. foreign policy and Cold War dynamics. Beginning in the late 1950s and escalating throughout the 1960s, the war was fought between North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam, backed by the United States. The conflict was marked by guerrilla warfare, high civilian casualties, and widespread protests in the U.S. The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon, leading to the reunification of Vietnam under communist control, and it profoundly affected American society, leading to a reevaluation of U.S. military engagement abroad.