The Vietnam War: Independence or Ideology?
The struggle against French colonialism evolving into a major Cold War conflict.
Key Questions
- 1Was the Vietnam War primarily a war of decolonisation or a Cold War proxy?
- 2How did Ho Chi Minh adapt communist ideology to Vietnamese nationalism?
- 3Why was the US unable to achieve its objectives in Vietnam?
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