... by China and US along with UN. Communist expansion has been feared much by the United States, especially after the Korean War. Cold war begins to escalade dramatically from 1951. In 1951 North Korea backed by communist China carried aggression against South Korea, China conquers Tibet. 1962 Cuban ... of superpowers, such as United States, China and USSR, as well as fading colonial empires like France and United Kingdom, created deadly tensions. American leaders felt that United States should stand as a firm power against any communist advance. "We are in Vietnam because our national sec...

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