The United States lost the Vietnam War because of a number of reasons. First off, the USA should not have even started a war there, because they had no good reason to. The Americans did not know what they were getting themselves into when they sent troops there. The Vietnamese knew way more about the land than the Americans, and they had much more influence across the country. The Viet Kong were a huge problem for the Americans, and they played a large role in them losing this war. Also, the Americans had no support from the public as the war got on, because people realized that there was no good reason for them to be fighting. After the Americans lost the war in Vietnam, the Domino effect definitely occurred throughout that part of Asia. After Vietnam fell to entirely Communist rule, Laos as well as Cambodia fell shortly after. One of the worst dictators in history, Pol Pot, was a direct result of the Americans failing to prevent the spread of communism.
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