Searching for information about the "cold war" on Baidu shows that the cold war occurred shortly after the end of World War II to the 1990s. Moreover, the Cold War is divided into three stages, which are also found in Baidu's "Cold War" entry. In the first stage, the Soviet Union and the United States wanted to rule the world together. We're talking about the second stage. At this time, the comprehensive strength of the United States is already very strong, and it is the strongest country in the capitalist world or on the earth. And what happened at this time? The United States began to invade Vietnam, followed by the Vietnam War, which lasted for 12 years. The United States was deeply involved in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam war made the United States invest a lot of money and manpower, but in the end it got nothing. On the contrary, it changed the position of the strong and weak sides in the cold war. "The Vietnam War ended 25 years of American economic prosperity after the war." The Soviet Union became a powerful party, and then the United States was on the strategic defensive. The Soviet Union became the most militarily powerful country on earth.
I think the important influence of Vietnam War on history can be divided into several aspects.
1. For the world situation-the cold war. You can also say that it is for yourself. The Vietnam War plunged the United States into a quagmire of war and ended 25 years of economic prosperity. National strength was affected, and its position in the cold war changed from strong to weak.
2. Impact on opponents-The Soviet Union, the Soviet Union became the most powerful country in the world, which also put the Soviet Union on the strong side in the Cold War, in other words, on the offensive side, which directly led to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan as if history were repeating itself. The Soviet Union fell into the war in Afghanistan for ten years, and its main energy was contained.
3. Impact on Vietnam-The war lasted for 12 years. With the support of Soviet China, Vietnam won the war, which made its ambition extremely inflated, and it thought its military strength was extremely strong, trying to rely on the Soviet Union to become the overlord of Southeast Asia, which also led to the outbreak of self-defense counterattack between China and Vietnam.
4. Influence on other countries-China has learned more about modern warfare through self-defense counterattack, discovered more about its own shortcomings, and started military reform.
In short, the Vietnam War is very important, because it affected the pattern of the Cold War at that time and had more follow-up effects.