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Why was Vietnam a limited Cold War conflict ?

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The characteristics of the war were mixed– it was treated as a limited war domestically but was fought more like a total war. However, the fundamental reason why the Vietnam War was a limited war was that the United States government never meant to fight it as a total war–it was not even formally declared as a war.

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