This is the surface impression of the war, but if one looks deeper one realizes that what has developed in Vietnam is an international, ideological war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. This is true even though China has no troops in Vietnam. These two great powers are demonstrating their fears of each other. Each accuses the other of abusing the Vietnam situation in order to extend its own power. Each side says that it must stop the other in Vietnam, since if the other is successful in Vietnam, it will use the same methods in order to extend its power over the rest
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