What were 10 reasons for the Vietnam war?

Question:I know to stop the spread of communism. Ngo Dinh Diem had a corrupt government. To help France and South Vietnam.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I know to stop the spread of communism. Ngo Dinh Diem had a corrupt government. To help France and South Vietnam.

1. For the Vietnamese to become an independent nation (they had to fight the French who were supported by the U.S.)

2. The elections (promised by the Geneva Convention in July, 1954) were never held - Ho Chi Minh would have won

3. For the Vietnamese to unify the country (they had to fight the corrupt dictator Diem's corrupt regime - "South Vietnam)

4. The United States increased its military presence after the Gulf of Tonkin (a trumped-up incident which gained President Johnson the approval of Congress to fight an undeclared war)

5. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the Korean War in 1950, the U.S. drastically changed its foreign policy towards Asia

6. The American politicians and military invented a "Domino Theory" which falsely stated that if one nation "fell" to Communism, the others would follow like dominoes

7. The American Government underestimated the will of the Vietnamese people to fight (they had fought the Chinese, and the French), the American people never understood the Vietnamese

8. After being denied assistance by the Western nations, such as the U.S., Vietnam accepted assistance from China and the Soviet Union (turning the conflict into a Cold War stand off between democracy and communism)