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Why was surrogate/proxy war is a part of the larger Cold War

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Why was surrogate/proxy war is a part of the larger Cold War

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"During the Cold War, proxy warfare was motivated by fears that a conventional war between the United States and the Soviet Union would result in nuclear holocaust, which rendered the use of ideological proxies a safer way of exercising hostilities".

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"Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year".

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Battle of la Drang Valley: "The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam, as part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam, in 1965".

Battle of Khe Sanh: "The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War".

Tet Offensive: "The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War."

Hamburger Hill

The Fall of Saigon

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What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY?

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"As the original communist state, the Soviet Union aided North Vietnam, with increasing support in the late 1960s. While the U.S.S.R. supplied some troops, their biggest contribution was in weaponry".

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What Role did the U.S. play in the Vietnam War.

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What Role did the U.S. play in the Vietnam War.

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The United States got involved to prevent South Vietnam from falling into communist hands. At first, the U.S. operated behind the scenes, but after 1964, sent combat troops and became more deeply mired in the war. Following France's defeat in the First Indochina War, an international agreement divided Vietnam in two.

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Why are the Vietnamese are fighting each other in the early 1950s?

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Why are the Vietnamese are fighting each other in the early 1950s?

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"At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China.Mar 13, 2022".

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Explain how the Cold War is not a traditional kind of war.

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Explain how the Cold War is not a traditional kind of war.

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"The Cold War was not a traditional war. It was "cold" because the U.S. and the Soviet Union did not fight each other directly. The Cold War began after World War II ended in 1945. The Soviet Union was a communist country".

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"Surrogate warfare describes a patron's outsourcing of the strategic, operational, or tactical burdens of warfare, in whole or in part, to human and/or technological substitutes in order to minimize the costs of war. This phenomenon ranges from arming rebel groups, to the use of armed drones, to cyber propaganda".