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What would have happened if we won Vietnam?
So if the US had won, the Cold War would probably have ended a little sooner and the dawn of that unilateral superpower controlling things would have come quicker. In Southeast Asia, everything would be radically different – including a faster and more thorough confrontation between the USA and China.
Was the Vietnam was a success?
A long, divisive conflict The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive wars in military history. The war pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its ally, the United States. Unfortunately, three million soldiers were killed during the war. However, others say it was a successful war.
Can Vietnam afford to resist the war?
So the Vietnamese authorities agreed; they could not afford to resist. And there is the heart of what has happened to Vietnam since the war ended 40 years ago, on 30 April 1975.
What is the economic condition of Vietnam today?
Rapid economic growth continues in present-day Vietnam. The expansion of the Vietnamese economy has lost a little of its momentum since the 2008 global financial crash but is still bourgeoning by an impressive rate of around 5\% per year. As the country’s wealth has increased, Vietnamese communism has fallen further to its political wayside.
What was the impact of the Vietnam War on communism?
The victory of communism in Vietnam was followed by a wave of jubilance that swept through the country’s committed communists, the dispossessed, and many among the common classes that had borne the weight of oppression meted down by the county’s previous forms of political rule.
What happened to South Vietnam after the war?
South Vietnamese soldiers sleeping on board a US Navy troop carrier in 1962. Photograph: AP/Horst Faas After the military victory, Vietnam’s socialist model began to collapse. Cut off by US-led trade embargos and denied reconstruction aid, it plunged into poverty.
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