b. Short-term causes
The short term causes of the Vietnam War lie in the Cold War politics which followed the end of the Second World War. Although the French had been defeated, the Americans now continued the fight against the Vietnamese in the belief that by doing so they were protecting Vietnamese from the spread of Communism in Vietnam and preventing a "domino" effect which would lead the whole region to become communist.How important...
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