Vietnam

Because there was no official declaration by Congress that this was a war, the Vietnam conflict is one of the most embarrassing and sadistic periods in American history. Not only did the greatest superpower in the world get defeated by an almost third world nation, but they lost badly. Maybe this war could have been won, or even prevented in the first place. The U.S. could have and should have won this conflict, with a combination of better weapons practice, better tactics, and better support from their home country.
Even years before the war, Vietnam was a very popular disputed territory. Many countries had taken Vietnam over, and after World War II, Vietnam was in the hands of France. Obviously, the Vietnamese wanted their own country, and their long history of being a colonized provoked the oppressed people to fight for their independence in the French-Indochina War from 1945-1954 (Karnow 136).
Ho Chi Minh, a leader of the Communist party, organized the Vietnamese independe...