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The Vietnam War was primarily a civil war.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that the Vietnam War was primarily a civil war?

Unclear. One reference work describes the Vietnam War as a civil war among other things (national liberation, Cold War theater), and one scholarly article argues early Vietnam violence can be understood in civil-war terms. Neither establishes that the war was primarily a civil war.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 2 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Vietnam War
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Vietnam War. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

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French Decolonisation and Civil War: The Dynamics of Violence in the Early Phases of Anti-colonial War in Vietnam and Algeria, 1940–1956
2022
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Thomas, M. & Asselin, P. (2022). French Decolonisation and Civil War: The Dynamics of Violence in the Early Phases of Anti-colonial War in Vietnam and Algeria, 1940–1956. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/16118944221130231

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