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This thread is inspired by some historians who argue that, if the US had accomodated Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnam War could've been avoided and Vietnam, under a communist govt, could've been a SE Asian version of what Yugoslavia was in Europe, to the US and NATO. On the other side of the coin, how could Yugoslavia from 1945, in the aftermath of Tito's partisans liberating the country, have become a Vietnam-like quagmire for either the Soviets or the western allies ? With what subsequent effects ?
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