Vietnam+War

[|(1)]" The Vietnam War was a Cold War military problem that happened in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1st 1955, to May 15th 1975." The **//Mayaguez// incident** involving the Khmer rouge government in cambodia on 12–15 May 1975, was the last battle of the united states involvement in the Vietnam War. This war followed the first indochina war and was fought between north vietnam helped by its communist allies, and the government of supported by the united states and other anti-communist nations.

[|(2)] About 58,200 people were killed and about 304,000 injured from the 2.59 million people who were in the war. People believe that most Vietnam Veterains were drafted, but, 2/3 of the men were accually voulenteers. 2338 of the Vetrains were M.I.A (missing in action)[| (3)]The war was part of a larger regional conflict involving the countries near it such as Cambodia and Laos, known as the Second Indochina War. In Vietnam, this conflict is known as te American War (Vietnamese Chiến Tranh Chống Mỹ Cứu Nước, which translates into English as "War Against the Americans and to Save the Nation"). [|(4)]The antiwar movement consisted of independent interests. They would attract members from a bunch of places, college campuses, middle class suburbs and labor unions. The movement was national in 1965 and peaked in 1968, but it remained powerful throughout the duration of the conflict. A core peace movement had existed in the United States for a long time. They had one most visible member, Dr. Benjamin Spock. He joined in 1962 after becoming disillusioned with President Kennedy's failure. 