Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental faÃ§ade. (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.
Why Did the US Enter the Vietnam War: the capitalist south Vietnamese were losing the fight against the communist north Vietnamese and Americans feared the communists would take over.
In A Nutshell... The Vietnam Warâcommonly referred to as America's longest warâgrew out of the American commitment to the containment of communism during the Cold War. For approximately fifteen years, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) fought against an American-supported Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). The war for the U.S. ended in 1973 with the withdrawal of American combat troops, and two years later, South Vietnamese forces surrendered to the North.