Why Did The United States Win The Vietnam War?

Beginning in 1955, during the tension-filled era of the Cold War, the Vietnam War sparked American interest due to the underlying conflict of communism and democracy clashing against one another. During this time, America’s interests were not only divided between Russian and Chinese forces of communism during this time, but South Vietnam was peaking curiosity as they were attempting to take over their nearby democratic brother, North Vietnam. For many years, the French had ruled over the two areas, and America remained repeatedly conflicted between which side is best to take with communism involved, although in the end they allied themselves with France to ensure that they had an ally during the Cold War. While the idea of the domino theory had concerned the United States about the possible spread of communism,
intervention made the reality of winning the war an impossibility due creation civil issues that caused national strains. As the United States began the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, extreme and unnecessary intervention in a war that was not their own produced a division between the American people. The war’s length did not improve the situation, and two civil groups named the “Hawks” and the “Doves” emerged from within the nation who both supported and opposed the war. In the beginning, Hawks, whom approved of the war, were more prominent, with the outlook of the fighting seeming near conclusive and the war effort seeming worth the economy’s slow deterioration. But as time went on, it seemed that even if America had won the war, the Doves would find our victory a failure. In all, they reasoned that we were not only losing thousands of soldiers in this battle, but not going about this peacefully, for they desired a