How was the Vietnam war different from previous wars?

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Rodney Juarez

17 December, 14:09

How was the Vietnam war different from previous wars?

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Xiomara Marsh · Answer 1

Ostensibly, we fought the Vietnam War to keep the southern part of the country--tenuously democratic (but with rigged elections) - -from becoming part of the communist north ... Another aspect that was unique to this war is that we generally did not take, occupy, and control land--our strategy was to kill the enemy.

Asa Glass · Answer 2

Answer:Ostensibly, we fought the Vietnam War to keep the southern part of the country--tenuously democratic (but with rigged elections) - -from becoming part of the communist north ... Another aspect that was unique to this war is that we generally did not take, occupy, and control land--our strategy was to kill the enemy.

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That was because the Vietnam War was unlike any other war America had fought ... In Vietnam, however, there was no "heart of enemy territory" because the fighting was done in dense jungles and barren countryside, and one stretch of jungle or countryside was like any other.