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,Longest and Most
Unpopular War
• The Vietnam War was the
longest and most
unpopular war in
American history. During
the war:
– 58,000 Americans lost their
lives.
• The oldest man killed was 62
years old; the youngest, 16.
• 61% of the men killed were 21
or younger.
– 304,000 were wounded.
– 75,000 were severely
disabled.
,Where is
Vietnam?
, Why Did the United
States
Fight a War in Vietnam?
• Basically to hold the line
against the spread of
world Communism.
America paid for the war
the French fought
against Communist
Vietnam as a part of the
Truman Doctrine (1947)
“to help free peoples to
maintain their free
institutions and their
national integrity against
,Longest and Most
Unpopular War
• The Vietnam War was the
longest and most
unpopular war in
American history. During
the war:
– 58,000 Americans lost their
lives.
• The oldest man killed was 62
years old; the youngest, 16.
• 61% of the men killed were 21
or younger.
– 304,000 were wounded.
– 75,000 were severely
disabled.
,Where is
Vietnam?
, Why Did the United
States
Fight a War in Vietnam?
• Basically to hold the line
against the spread of
world Communism.
America paid for the war
the French fought
against Communist
Vietnam as a part of the
Truman Doctrine (1947)
“to help free peoples to
maintain their free
institutions and their
national integrity against
