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The Vietnam War started in the 1950s, according to most historians, though the conflict in Southeast Asia had its roots in the French colonial period of the 1800s. The United States, France, China, the Soviet Union, Cambodia, Laos, and other countries would over time become involved in the lengthy war, which finally ended in 1975 when North and South Vietnam were reunited as one country. The Vietnam War timeline is a guide to the complex political and military issues involved in a war that would ultimately claim millions of lives. Vietnam was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. Even today, many Americans still ask whether the American effort in Vietnam was a sin, a blunder, a necessary war, or whether it was a noble cause, or an idealistic, if failed, effort to protect the South Vietnamese from totalitarian government. This book consists of quotes from government leaders over a twenty-five-year period concerning military involvement in Vietnam. You cannot read it without being struck by the rosy picture of the war effort and the South Vietnamese government that is painted over and over again by a succession of Presidents and other leaders.

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