VIETNAM..

The Vientnam war began in 1959 and did not end until 1975
 * 58,159 U.S soliders Died and 304,000 were wounded
 * The United States spent one hundred and sixty five billion dollars on the vietnam war.[[image:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/S3Jp0s4m4II/AAAAAAAACls/h0EhlxKftD0/s640/vietnam-war-pictures-rare-unssen-photos-history-images-018.jpg align="right" caption="War"]]
 * America ended up loosing the war.
 * On July 23, 1962, Fourteen nations signed an agreement promising th neurtaility of Laos.

The failure of the U.S. forces to defeat the Vietcong led many Americans to question the nations involvement in Vietnam.