How could the Cold War tensions contribute to conflicts in Vietnam and in Egypt?


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Vietnam War The Vietnam conflict was in some ways a turning point in the Cold War. The United States was forced to realize that military might alone was insufficient to win. The instability inside the US encouraged the Soviet Union to overextend itself around the world-which helped hasten its defeat. Soviet adventurism in Afghanistan was as costly to it as Vietnam was to us.

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