During the Cold War (1947-1991), the U.S. and Russia avoid nuclear annihilation by waging "proxy wars," supporting opposing sides in regional conflicts. Vietnam is a classic proxy war, with the ...

while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was a major proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. Direct US military ...

In this episode, they’ll turn their attention to a second proxy war: The Vietnam War. They’ll look at the causes of the conflict, key events, and the consequences, including how it profoundly ...

The October 1967 demonstration against the Dow Chemical Company (and by proxy, against the Vietnam War) at the University of Wisconsin was the first violent antiwar demonstration to take place on ...