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In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war
Not every member of the public knew what troops were doing in Vietnam, it seemed like such a far, out of the way country; however, in the context of the Cold War, the us was protecting South Vietnam from Communist North Vietnam, as the us, ever sine the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, antagonized communism and wanted to ensure that other Asian countries didn't fall to what had been deemed 'the domino effect'. Vietnam was 'another foreign war' and not well known about by public at home in 1965 because some events in the war were not fully documented by the media, as, although media was starting to become less propaganda based by 1965, it would be until 1968 that media coverage becomes way more controversial. Yet controversy about Vietnam in 1965 was present, and this line suggest thing.