[PAR] [TLE] Operation Speedy Express [SEP] Operation Speedy Express was a controversial United States military operation of the Vietnam War conducted in the Mekong Delta provinces Kiến Hòa and Vĩnh Bình.  The operation, led by Julian J. Ewell, was part of a US military "pacification" efforts against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong).  The US military sought to interdict lines of NLF communication and deny them the use of base areas by using brutal repression and counterinsurgency tactics.  The broader context of the campaign was the effort to combat communism, under the Cold War-era Domino Theory. [PAR] [TLE] Cold War [SEP] The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).  Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but a common timeframe is the period between 1947, the year the Truman Doctrine (a U.S. foreign policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism) was announced, and 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed.
[PAR] [TLE] Operation Speedy Express [ SEP ] Operation Speedy Express was a controversial United States military operation of the Vietnam War conducted in the Mekong Delta provinces Kiến Hòa and Vĩnh Bình . The operation , led by Julian J. Ewell , was part of a US military " pacification " efforts against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam ( Viet Cong ) . The US military sought to interdict lines of NLF communication and deny them the use of base areas by using brutal repression and counterinsurgency tactics . The broader context of the campaign was the effort to combat communism , under the Cold War - era Domino Theory . [PAR] [TLE] Cold War [ SEP ] The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc ( the Soviet Union and its satellite states ) and powers in the Western Bloc ( the United States , its NATO allies and others ) . Historians do not fully agree on the dates , but a common timeframe is the period between 1947 , the year the Truman Doctrine ( a U.S. foreign policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism ) was announced , and 1991 , the year the Soviet Union collapsed .
Which war, after World War ll, included a campaign to combat communism?
Which war , after World War ll , included a campaign to combat communism ?
Cold War
Cold War