One of the greatest contributing factors to the intensity of the conflict in vietnam was

There were two main causes of the Vietnam War. One cause had to do mainly with the Vietnamese and one cause had mainly to do with the Americans. On the Vietnamese side, the main cause of the war was the desire to have a national government that was truly independent. Vietnam had long seen itself as a country that deserved to be independent.

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