Vietnam



Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, and Cambodia to the southwest. On the country's east coast lies the South China Sea.

''This article applies to Harry Turtledove works with a point of departure after about 1950. For Vietnam in other timelines, see Indochina.''

Vietnam in The Gladiator
In one alternate, the United States' decision to remove troops from Vietnam in 1968 was a critical signal that the US was not so resolute in fighting the Cold War. By the end of the 20th Century, the Soviet Union was victorious and the world had embraced Marxist-Leninist-Stalinism.