The vietnam war as reported by The New York Times

Francozi so že v 17. stoletju imeli misijonarske stike z Vietnamom, nato pa so nad njim prevzeli oblast, kar je kasneje privedlo do francosko-vietnamske vojne, ki je trajala do padca Dien Bien Phuja v letu 1954. Vietnam se je po tej vojni razdelil na dva dela, severnega komunističnega in južnega nekomunističnega, ki so ga podpirale Združene države. Jug je bil pod vodstvom skorumpirane Diemove vlade, zaradi katere se je trpeče ljudstvo obrnilo na komunistične upornike vietkongovce. S tem se je na jugu povečal vpliv Američanov, ki so tja začeli pošiljati vedno večjo vojaško pomoč, z domnevnim napadom na dve ameriški ladji v Tonkinškem zalivu pa so vstopili v pravo vojno. V vojni so Američani imeli tehnološko premoč, kar pa jim proti gverilskim napadom Ljudske fronte ni veliko pomagalo. Ker je vedno manj prebivalstva podpiralo vojno, so se Američani do leta 1973 dokončno umaknili iz Vietnama. Leta 1975 je Južni Vietnam priznal poraz in se združil s severom, do miru pa še vedno ni prišlo.The French had missionary contacts with Vietnam as early as the 17th century. In the late 1800s Vietnam became a French colony, which later led to the French-Vietnamese war, which lasted until the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. After this war, Vietnam split into two parts, the northern communist and southern non-communist, supported by the United States. The South was led by the corrupt Diem\u27s government, which caused the suffering people to turn to the communist rebels of the Vietcong. This increased the influence of the Americans in the south, who began sending more and more military aid there, and with the supposed attack on two American ships in the Tonkin Bay they entered the war. In the war, the Americans had the technological advantage, which did not help much against the guerilla attacks of the People\u27s Army. Facing decreasing support for the war at home, the Americans finally withdrew from Vietnam by 1973. In 1975, South Vietnam recognized the defeat and merged with the north, but there was still no peace