Introduction The Vietnam War was a fatal conflict that took place at Vietnam. This conflict began from 1955 and continued up to 1975. However, the history of the Vietnam conflict can be traced back in 1950’s when the United States began to send its troops to Vietnam. This was followed by a period of twenty five years of war, which led to many problems in the United States. During this period, many US people were sent miles away to fight for something that was not clear or justifiable. Both sides of the war lost their people in this war. It is estimated that over two and a half people from both sides were killed during the war (Leuhusen par 1). Vietnam was formerly known as Indociona. Vietnam was colonized by French colony for 80 years. In the year 1945 the country was divided into Northern and the Southern parts. Discussion Between the periods from 1955 to 1960, the Southern communist Vietnamese assisted the North Vietnamese in their attempt to take over the government in the Southern Vietnam. Later in 1963, President Diem was overthrown and executed. In 1964, the Northern Vietnamese started a major drive to conquer the whole country with the support from Russia and China. This increased tension to the United States as it was feared that communist would take control over the entire region. Communist had already posed a threat to the US and therefore any spread of communism was a major blow to the country. This tempted the United States to push for stopping further spread of communism in the region. However, since the cold war was at its climax, the US leaders were cowed down as any attempt to create tension may lead to the world War III (Leuhusen). Later, the tension intensified and US commander William led army in the battle that was characterized by many difficulties (Leuhusen par 1). The war then ensued which consumed a lot of lives. The Media in Vietnam War In every country, the media plays a significant role in various activities. The media has a powerful influence on the people’s opinions and believes. Therefore, the media can either be used constructively or destructively in a country. In the Vietnam conflict, the media played a significant role. In most cases, war arises from the differences emerging from the differences in opinions and ideologies. Since the media has the power of impacting on people’s opinions and ideologies, then media becomes a major determinant in the war. It can lead to the development of ideologies that will most probably trigger war. It can also lead to development of ideologies that fosters peace. People forms opinions on war based on the available justifications or not. This can significantly be developed through the media. Therefore, the role of the media in the Vietnam conflict cannot be ignored. As already noted the main root cause of the Vietnam War was differences in ideologies. The United States believed that if the communist Viet Cong took over the rule in Vietnam, then all the surrounding countries will fall under communism (Hallin 198). This posed a threat to the United States capitalist ideology. In other words, the US feared the spread of economic system where the means of production was collectively owned. This is because it was exactly the opposite of their own economic system where the capital is privately own