During the same year, the United States recognizes a French puppet regime in Vietnam. By 1954, the United States will bear three-quarters of the war's cost. April: At a news conference ...

Vietnam is a classic proxy war, with the Viet Cong substituting for the Soviet bloc, and the U.S. providing aid and air support (bombing) to a puppet regime. Vietnam's internal conflict begins in ...

constructed in the wake of the Vietnam War" after bombing wrecked the city. There are other reminders of both eras throughout ...