The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was partly the result of the expansion of the Soviet Union in Centra
l and Eastern Europe as World War II ended. Identify a region in Asia that was threatened by communist expansion between 1950 and 1975.
Cite a relevant action of containment taken by the United States in response to the identified expansion.
Analyze the success of the U.S. action of containment you cited above.
Explain how this event influenced domestic (U.S.) or international (world) politics.
Vietnam. during 1975 the north Vietnamese wanted Vietnam to become a communist country and the south wanted to remain a diplomatic state. the american government sent soldiers to back their Vietnam allies in what was one of many "proxy" wars fought between the USSR and america. the north implemented extreme guerrilla tactics and overall the Americans had to pull out of the country due to a loss of support and funding. this marks one of the very few losses for the american army in history.
