Cold+War+2

Background: - France tried to retake Indochina after losing it to Japanese invaders in WWII. - Vietnamese resisted for independence under the communist leader, Ho Chi Minh. - Truman administration gave U.S. military aid to the French, but Eisenhower refused to send in troops. - At Geneva Conference of 1954, France agreed to give up Indochina, forming independent nations of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. - Vietnam was divided at 17th parallel; North Vietnam established a Communist dictatorship under Ho Chi Minh, Ngo Dinh Diem established anticommunist government in South Vietnam. - U.S. gave economic and military aid to South Vietnam to build a stable anticommunist state.
 * __Vietnam War__**