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I would say that surrogate/proxy is a big part of the larger Cold War because there were so many behind the scenes things going on. Everyone in the Cold War had a specific spokesperson for their side and everyone also had middle men who would help almost substitute for countries struggling to help in any way. This specifically happened because there was never any actual fighting in the Cold War. It was based on your possible proxy/surrogate. I would say it also connects to the present day because every country still has a spokesperson that they have spoken to on behalf of the country. Most countries also have a so called surrogate in case they can't fully fight or need extra help in some way.

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Many would say the South of Vietnam ended up winning due to the fact that they and the U.S were able to defeat communist during most major battles. However there were still some very major effects. One being the amount of deaths involved such as 2 million Vietnamese civilians, 1.1 North Vietnamese troops and 200,000 South Vietnamese troops. The other major effect was this severely damaged the U.S economy and they were unwilling to raise taxes to help pay for the war.

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1955- Ngo Dinh Diem emerges as the leader of South Vietnam with the U.S backing. This was significant because it was really the first time everyone knew who was going to be taking over and hopefully leading the South to victory with the help of the U.S.
May 1959- North Vietnam forces started building a supply route through Cambodia and Laos leading to South Vietnam. This was significant because it created issues for the South. Because now it was easy to get supplies to the South and therefore they wouldn't have to continually go back for more things.
July 1959- The first U.S soldiers were killed in the South when guerrillas invaded their living quarters. This was significant because we were now facing consequences for joining the war. And that they weren't even safe where there base  camps were.
September 1960- Ho Chi Minh, facing major health failure is replaced by Le Duan as head of North Vietnam.
May 1961- John F. Kennedy sends helicopters to South Vietnam and authorizes secret operations.

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What role did the Soviet have in the Vietnam war? Why? 

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What role did the Soviet have in the Vietnam war? Why? 

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The Soviet made the first move by joining the war in aid of North Vietnam. They did this by giving troops and specifically weaponry to help. The reason the Soviet so badly wanted help the North was because they were the original communist country and they wanted to add to that. The Soviet was very desperate to get another communist country with them so they quickly felt the need to aid anyone who was trying to make there country fully communist.

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What role did the U.S have in the Vietnam war? Why? 

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What role did the U.S have in the Vietnam war? Why? 

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To start the U.S made the choice to operate behind the scenes. They supplied things like money, other supplies, and military advisors. This however didn't last long shortly later they joined in the fight by sending troops to Vietnam and quickly became very invested in the war. The reason they decided to join the war at all was the concern of communism taking over another country. They didn't want communists to take over South Vietnam.

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Why did the Vietnamese start fighting in 1950?

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Why did the Vietnamese start fighting in 1950?

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In 1950 people started to realize the communist and democratic sides of Vietnam. This caused many disagreements on the way Vietnam should be run. Once the communist Democratic Republic realized they started supplying things such as economic and military aid to help fight against the French outpost in Vietnam. But the U.S seeing this threat of Communism steps up in military assistance for France.

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Why is the Cold War not a traditional war? 

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Why is the Cold War not a traditional war? 

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The reason it's called a Cold War and not a "Hot war" is because the U.S and The Soviet never actually fought each other directly. If it were to be a "hot war" there would've been a lot of actual fighting.

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A substitute that goes in for a specific role or office. They usually also have the authority to direct or represent someone/something.