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Vietnam essay

America wanted to prevent the spread of communism by making sure that Ho Chi Minh did not spread communism to all of Vietnam. America decided to establish a stable non-communist government based on popular support in South Vietnam.
After being conquered at Dien Bien Phu, the French were forced to leave Vietnam after a hundred years of colonial rule. The Geneva Peace Accords, signed in 1954, for the time being divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel until national elections, designed to rejoin the country, would be held in 1956. The United States like most
anti-communists, however, did not support the Accords. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles thought that the Accords gave the communists in Vietnam too much power. The
United States wanted to make sure that Ho Chi Minh did not establish authority south of the 17th parallel. The American government believed that a communist regime in
South Vietnam would be a direct threat to national security and so they recommend a...

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