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“One of the great weaknesses of democracy and of the democratic profession in the second half of the 20th century has been its incapacity to communicate clearly and intelligibly to governments and to people what it practices and seeks to achieve.” (Paul Kattenburg-Author of the Vietnam Trauma in American Foreign Policy) The United States has always been a democratic nation and for many years has tried to influence other nations into becoming democratic. As Vietnam …

…decided that the area of South-east Asia was ripe for a violent uprising beginning in 1949” (Robert D. Schulzinger, author of A Time for War.) People needed to become unified and since they were economically unfit for a democratic society, a new communist government took its place. With the help of the Soviet and Chinese communist’s, North Vietnam was turning into a strong offensive against South Vietnam and America who were trying to stop them.