Question

Why do you think the Vietnam war divided so many people in the nation? Why, maybe, was this topic so controversial?

Answer 1

Vietnam would be divided by a demilitarize zone (the DMZ), with the French withdrawing their forces from Vietnam north of the zone and the Viet Minh withdrawing their forces from the south. ... Before long Diem's authoritarian regime was challenged by local communists, backed by the regime in North Vietnam.