by the middle of 1960 it was apparent that the
south vietnamense army and security forces
could not cope the new threath
in the next year 2,500
goverment functionaries
and other real and
imagined enemies of the
VIET CONG were
assassinated.
some of his close advisers
belived that vietnam
presented an apportunity to
test the UNITED STATES ability
to conduct a
"counterinsurgency
the communist
goverment of north
vietnam and its allies
in south vietnam
known as the VIET
CONG against the
goverment of south
vietnam and its
principal ally, the
UNITED STATES
at the heart of
the conflict
was the wich
had defeated
the FRENCH
colonial
administration
of
vietnam
1954
the vietnam war also know as the
SECOND INDOCHINA WAR and in
vietnam as the recistnace war against
america or simply the american war was
a conflict in vietnam laos an cambodia
fro 1 novemberr 1955
the conflict
emerged from
the first
indochina war
against the
communist led
viet minh