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what made the US government wait so long to pull its troops out
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french government was not going to leave willingly
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opium comes from the poppy flowers
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many lived on large plantations where they grew rubber trees
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the Chinese ruled the country for over the thousand years
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to regain the independence the Vietnamese hated the Chinese and tried many times to regain their independence
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they abandoned the hill to move on to a new battleground
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the Vietminh's war against French control lasted almost nine years
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they engaged in guerilla warfare
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the battle began with a surprise cannon assault from the Vietminh
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the defeat at dien bien phu signaled the long-awaited departure of French from Vietnam
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South Vietnam was not a communist country but it was not a democracy like US, either
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although the last emperor was restored to the throne in South Vietnam, he had no interest in ruling
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in 1960 a group of South Vietnamese army officers tried but failed to overthrow Diem
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enlighten means to educate or make things clear
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there is no such thing as private property
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everyone had a job and could lead a decent life
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there were no US troops in Vietnam, only advisors
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he was the diehard communist
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Kennedy arranged for the loan of US helicopters to the South Vietnamese army
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Kennedy increased the number of military advisors
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historians argue about whether, over time, JFK would have come to see that the US couldn't fix the situation in Vietnam
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historians argue about whether, over time, JFK would have come to see that the US couldn't fix the situation in Vietnam
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United States shouldn't be interfering in the politics of that part of the world
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they exagerrated the number of enemy troops that had been killed
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there was always the threat of nuclear war
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the US military seemed so much stronger than the Vietcong
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Agent Orange was a chemical that destroyed the canopy of trees in the jungle
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dense jungles made patrols slow and dangerous
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heavy rains, monsoons, soaked soldiers and turned unpaved roads into muddy rivers
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heavy rains, monsoons, soaked soldiers and turned unpaved roads into muddy rivers
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booby traps could kill unlucky American soldiers who stepped on them
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in 1985 a team of researches discovered the wreckage of the Titanic
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it encourages people to start business
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the country doesn't rely on a communist economy
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