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In a surrogate war a patron outsources for help in war to minimize cost. In a proxy war a patron helps/guides a smaller party from the side lines and doesn't get involved in the fighting.

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Post 2 - The Cold War is not Traditional 

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Post 2 - The Cold War is not Traditional 

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A cold war is basically to sides getting close to war, in that they make weapons or argue with each other, but neither side ever makes a real move. No fighting will ever happen in a cold war, if it did it would become a hot war.

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Vietnam had just split into 2 countries in 1954 around the time the cold war was starting. North Vietnam became completely controlled by communism and wanted to spread it to the south. But they didn't want it so a fight began where the North was trying to unify the South with them by force.

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The US immediately saw what was going on and decided they didn't want communism to spread anymore. They started to help fund the South and even send some of their troops. This separate country helping from the side is why this is a surrogate/proxy war.

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The Soviet Union refused to mediate what was going on and instead alongside China (the other biggest Communist Country), they started to aid the North part of Vietnam because they wanted communism to spread throughout Asia. This made it so both sides of the War had people helping them from the side lines.

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Although the US and USSR never fought each other in this war it was still their battle. They were basically fighting for world dominance on a smaller scale. The Us was trying to contain, communism and the Soviets were spreading it, the same as it would be on a larger scale. This could even be seen as them testing each other's waters, seeing if they could take them on. Because of their loss the US economy was struggling and they were trying to make changes. Some of these were to make 18 years able vote, inflation had to be done to pay for the costs of the war, and made the president less in control of the whole military. The impact of this war as specially on America can still be seen today.

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"Vietnam War | Facts, Summary, Years, Timeline, Casualties, Combatants, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2022, https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War. Accessed 21 Apr 2022.

"Vietnam War". HISTORY, 2022, https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history#:~:text=Communist%20forces%20ended%20the%20war,of%20Vietnam%20the%20following%20year. Accessed 21 Apr 2022.

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America is defeated and leaves South Vietnam, this was the only time in history that the US lost. Only a few months later, Vietnam was made in a single country again, it stayed specifically communist until 1992. The death toll from this war was staggering, 2 million civilians, 1 million northern troops and 200,000 southern troops were killed.

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July 24th, 1954 - Vietnam is divided into 2 separate countries and the North Pushes more communism.
August 5th, 1960 - The US doesn't want communism to spread and joins the fight.
August 4th, 1965 - North Vietnam becomes much more aggressive with the help of the Soviets.
November 15th, 1969 - America is split if it wants to keep fighting or stop the war.
April 29th, 1975 - US is basically defeated and leaves South Vietnam by itself to surrender. Vietnam becomes 1 place again.