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#REDIRECT [[Vietnam War#Names]] |
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{{more citations needed|date=February 2013}} |
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Various names have been applied what is known as the [[Vietnam War]]. These have shifted over time, although Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in [[English language|English]]. It has been variously called the Second Indochina War, the Vietnam Conflict, and Nam. In [[Vietnam]] it is commonly known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (Resistance War against America). |
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==Second Indochina War== |
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The name "Second Indochina War"<ref name="Factasy">{{cite web |author=Factasy |url=http://www.prlog.org/10118782-the-vietnam-war-or-second-indochina-war.html |title=The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War |publisher=PRLog |accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref> places the conflict into context with other distinct, but related, and contiguous conflicts in Southeast Asia. Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia are seen as the battlegrounds of a larger Indochinese conflict that began at the end of [[World War II]] and lasted until communist victory in 1975. This conflict can be viewed in terms of the demise of [[colonialism]] and its after-effects during the [[Cold War]]. |
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==Vietnam Conflict== |
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The term "Vietnam Conflict" is largely a U.S. designation that acknowledges the fact that the [[United States Congress]] never declared war on North Vietnam. Legally, President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] used his constitutional discretion—supplemented by supportive resolutions in Congress—to conduct what was said to be a "[[police action]]"; President [[Lyndon Johnson]] intensified military operations starting in 1964, as a result of the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]].{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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==Resistance War against America (''Kháng chiến chống Mỹ'')== |
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For people in [[Vietnam]] the common phrase is Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (Resistance War against America).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Grim-reminders-of-a-war-in-Vietnam-a-generation-later-15159686|title=Grim reminders of a war in Vietnam, a generation later|last=Burns|first=Robert|date=January 27, 2018|website=Concord Monitor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128005729/https://www.concordmonitor.com/Grim-reminders-of-a-war-in-Vietnam-a-generation-later-15159686|archive-date=2018-01-28|url-status=live|access-date=2019-02-28|quote=It’s been more than for 40-plus years, the war that Americans simply call Vietnam but the Vietnamese refer to as their Resistance War Against America.}}</ref> "Resistance War against America to Save the Nation" is the more formal term used by the Vietnam government; it is more of a saying than a name, and its meaning is self-evident. {{citation needed|date=July 2018}} |
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== "Nam" == |
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In popular culture, sometimes just the term "Nam" is used as a shortened way to say the Vietnam War. For instance, in the film ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', one character who was in the Vietnam War says the phrase "back in Nam" multiple times throughout the movie. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Cold War}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Etymology Of The Vietnam War}} |
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[[Category:Vietnam War]] |
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