Synonyms for Vietnam War
viet·nam war

Princeton's WordNet

1. Vietnam War, Vietnamnoun

   a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States

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1. • War

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1. Robert Glatter:

   While both world wars and Korea dealt with infectious diseases as the main reasons for nonbattle injuries, [accidental wounds] became the overriding concern starting with the Vietnam War.

2. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   I'd rather use the nuclear bomb...Does that bother you I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake. to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on escalating the Vietnam War

3. Jessica Pearce Rotondi:

   Once someone knows about Vietnam War, once you read that firsthand account, once you see those numbers, you can't look away.

4. Defense Christopher Miller:

   Historically, military responses to domestic protests have resulted in violations of Americans' civil rights, and even in the case of the Kent State protests of the Vietnam War, tragic deaths, in short, I fervently believe the military should not be utilized in such scenarios other than as a last resort and only when all other assets have been expended.

5. Wolf Blitzer:

   This was the first real war that we had cameras on the scene. During the Vietnam War there were cameras, but it usually took 24 hours to get the film back from Saigon to the United States, and then they would have to develop the film, here we had live satellite coverage of all the key locations and people could watch a war unfold live.