Why was the Vietnam War fought?
The Vietnam War was fought over the unification of Communist North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam. (Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the economy and only one political party has power.) The two countries had been formed in 1954; prior to that time all of Vietnam had been part of the French colony of Indochina. In 1946 the Vietnamese fought the French for control of their own country. The United States provided financial support to France, but the French were ultimately defeated in 1954. Once France had withdrawn its troops, an international conference was convened in Geneva, Switzerland, to decide what should be done with Vietnam. The country was split into two parts along the 17th parallel, but this division was not intended to be permanent. Elections were supposed to be held on reunification of the two Vietnams, but they never took place….
” When Joseph started researching the Vietnam War, he found over 1,000 books in Strozier Library just on the Vietnam War! More about Strozier Library … Ruth made a big deal about our day at the library, and we all showed up ready to take notes. Jonathan thought the class, where one of the reference librarians showed us WebLUIS and WilsonSelect, was very helpful. “The library help session that we had really helped me a lot because I found the best places to look for the information that would help me the most. Before that, I was not really sure where to look, because there is so much information and so many databases on WebLuis. It also helped a lot for the future when I do other research papers. Overall, I think that the librarian was very helpful, and she explained herself very well so that I could understand her.” Megan, though, had more trouble at the library and had to ask for extra help: “Researching for this paper was not very easy. I had a lot of difficulty getting used to the
