Rivalry During The Vietnam War

The Cold War was a hostile rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted for 45 years. This war began at the end of World War II with the collapse of the Soviet Union. This war is described as “a war of words and ideas”. The United States and the Soviet Union clashed over their political and economic differences. The United States approved of a democratic government and capitalistic economy while the Soviet Union approved of a communist state. The War on Terror began after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that took place on September 11, 2001. This war can be described as “a war of ideas and values”.

In the Cold War, the U.S. had a rivalry with the Soviet Union due to them wanting to spread communism to other regions. Important events that took place during the Cold War was the Vietnam War, Iron Curtain, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.The significance of the Vietnam War was to reunify Vietnam. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fought initially against forces from France, the U.S., and against South Vietnam later. The significance of the Iron Curtain was that it
This attack killed thousands of Americans. As a result, the U.S. declared war on Afghanistan in pursuit of retaliating for their nation, preventing future attacks from Afghanistan, capturing al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and removing the Taliban regime. The Taliban regime called upon its people to unite in a jihad, a Muslim holy war, against the evil west and America. While the fight against al-Qaeda and the search for Osama Bin Laden continued in Afghanistan, President Bush became worried about attacks from other terrorists. There wasn’t enough evidence that Saddam Hussein had any link to al-Qaeda, but intelligence reports indicated that Iraq could be the next source of danger and soon Bush’s administration turned its attention to