Vietnam War

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COUNTRIES CLOSE TO VIETNAM

Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and China

KEY WORDS

Nationalism

Patriotic feeling, principles or efforts, advocacy of political independence for a particular country

Independence

In this case we mean political independence with no other countries interfering in their politics

Cold War

Name for the state of hostility that existed between the soviet bloc countries and the western powers from 1945 to 1990

Colonialism

Having full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

Civil War

A war between citizens of the same country

Communism

A theory of system of social organisation where all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs. One party elections.

WAYS OF EXPLAINING THE WAR

Part of the Cold War, Soviet Bloc vs. the West (the domino theory)