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#REDIRECT [[Vietnam War#Names]] |
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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, the Vietnam War, 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, it acknowledges that the [[United States Congress]] never declared war on North Vietnam. Legally, the President used his constitutional discretion—supplemented by supportive resolutions in Congress—to conduct what was said to be a "[[police action]]".{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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==Vietnam War== |
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"Vietnam War"<ref name="Factasy"/> is the most commonly used designation in English. Most Vietnamese who interact with foreigners are familiar with the term Vietnam War. The Vietnam War translates directly as ''Chiến tranh Việt Nam'' in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]. |
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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> |
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==Resistance War against the American Empire to Save the Nation (''Kháng chiến chống Mỹ cứu nước'')== |
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"Resistance War against the American Empire 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 Vietnam War. For instance in the film "[[The Big Lebowski]]" one character who was in the Vietnam War says the phrase "back in Nam" a few 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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