Question

The Vietnam War was a brutal and contentious conflict lasting from :

• A. 1963 to 1973
• B. 1955 to 1975
• C. 1945 to 1965
• D. 1960 to 1980

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 1955 to 1975

Disintegration of the Soviet Union

What led to the disintegration of Soviet Union:

• The administrative measures of Mikhail Gorbachev (Glasnost and Perestroika)

• Deviation from the basic principles of socialism

• Corruption and inefficiency of the bureaucracy.

• Failure in bringing about changes in economic sector

• Glasnost and Perestroika were Mikhail Gorbachev's two administrative reforms in Soviet Union.

• Glasnost was to implement openness in political processes. Accordingly, regulation on media and civil rights was taken off.

• Perestroika was implemented to restructure the economic system of Soviet Union. Perestroika called for ending the price controls on production sector established by the government and abating centralization

• With the resignation of Gorbachev as President in 1991, Soviet Union formally ceased to exist. Naturally, this ended cold war.

• The disintegration of the Soviet Union had a wide impact on international relations.

• A unipolar world has emerged under the leadership of the USA in the place of a bipolar one.

First Indochina War (1945-1954)

• Vietnam declared independence from France on September 2, 1945, following Japan's defeat in World War II, with Ho Chi Minh as President.

Vietnam War (1955-1975)

• The Geneva Accords (1954) divided Vietnam into North (communist) and South (anti-communist), leading to a prolonged conflict between the two, with US involvement

• The Vietnam War was a brutal and contentious conflict lasting from 1955 to 1975. It pitted communist North Vietnam, backed by the Soviet Union and China, against anti-communist South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other allies. This clash ended with North Vietnam's victory and reunification of the country. It became a defining chapter of the Cold War, leaving deep scars on both nations.