Editing 1960s (section)

===Wars===
[[File:DakToVietnam1966.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Vietnam War]] (1955–1975)]]
[[File:Soviet empire 1960.png|thumb|right|250px|The maximum territorial extent of countries in the world under Soviet [[Sphere of influence|influence]], after the [[Cuban Revolution]] of 1959 and before the official [[Sino-Soviet split]] of 1961]]
{{Main|List of wars 1945–1989#1960–1969}}
* The [[Cold War]] (1947–1991)
** The [[Vietnam War]] (1955–1975)
*** 1961 – Substantial (approximately 700) American advisory forces first arrive in [[Vietnam]].
*** 1962 – By mid-1962, the number of U.S. military advisers in [[South Vietnam]] had risen from 900 to 12,000. 
*** 1963 – By the time of U.S. president [[John F. Kennedy]]'s death there were 16,000 American military personnel in South Vietnam, up from Eisenhower's 900 advisors to cope with rising guerrilla activity in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/OverviewVietnamWar.htm |title=Brief Overview of Vietnam War |publisher=Swarthmore College Peace Collection |access-date=8 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803124531/http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/OverviewVietnamWar.htm |archive-date=3 August 2016 }}</ref>
*** 1964 – In direct response to the minor naval engagement known as the [[Gulf of Tonkin incident]] which occurred on 2 August 1964, the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]], a [[joint resolution]] of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], was passed on 10 August 1964. The resolution gave U.S. president [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] authorization, without a formal [[Declaration of war by the United States|declaration of war]] by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. The Johnson administration subsequently cited the resolution as legal authority for its rapid escalation of U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/25/archives/gulf-of-tonkin-measure-voted-in-haste-and-confusion-in-1964.html |title=Gulf of Tonkin Measure Voted in Haste and Confusion in 1964 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 June 1970 |access-date=23 July 2018 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212757/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/25/archives/gulf-of-tonkin-measure-voted-in-haste-and-confusion-in-1964.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*** 1966 – After 1966, with the draft in place more than 500,000 troops are sent to [[Vietnam]] by the Johnson administration and college attendance soars.
** The [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] (1961) – an unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from U.S. government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
** [[Portuguese Colonial War]] (1961–1974) – the war was fought between [[Portuguese military history|Portugal's military]] and the emerging nationalist movements in [[Portuguese Empire|Portugal's African colonies]]. It was a decisive ideological struggle and armed conflict of the [[Cold War]] in African (Portuguese Africa and surrounding nations) and European (mainland Portugal) scenarios. Unlike other European nations, the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Portuguese regime]] did not leave its African colonies, or the overseas provinces, during the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1960s, various armed independence movements, most prominently led by [[communist]]-led parties who cooperated under the [[CONCP]] umbrella and pro-U.S. groups, became active in these areas, most notably in [[Portuguese Angola|Angola]], [[Portuguese Mozambique|Mozambique]], and [[Portuguese Guinea]]. During the war, several atrocities were committed by all forces involved in the conflict. 
* The [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]] began in January 1963 and ended in August 1966. 
* [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962 occurred between [[China]] and [[India]] over a border dispute. 
* The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] began in September.
* [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] (early-20th century-present)
** [[Six-Day War]] (June 1967) – a war between Israel and the neighboring states of [[Egypt]], [[Jordan]], and [[Syria]]. The Arab states of [[Iraq]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Sudan]], [[Tunisia]], [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]] also contributed troops and arms.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051701976.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Prelude to the Six Days |first=Charles |last=Krauthammer |date=18 May 2007 |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724024352/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051701976.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At the war's end, Israel had gained control of the [[Sinai Peninsula]], the [[Gaza Strip]], the [[West Bank]], [[East Jerusalem]], and the [[Golan Heights]]. The results of the war affect the [[geopolitics]] of the region to this day.
[[File:Starved girl.jpg|150px|right|thumb|A child suffering the effects of severe hunger and [[Kwashiorkor|malnutrition]] during the Nigerian blockade of [[Biafra]] 1967–1970.]]
* The [[Algerian War]] came to a close in 1962.
* The [[Nigeria Civil War]] began in 1967.
* Civil wars in [[Laotian Civil War|Laos]] and [[First Sudanese Civil War|Sudan]] rage on throughout the decade.
* The [[Al-Wadiah War]] was a military conflict which broke out on 27 November 1969, between [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[South Yemen|the People's Republic of South Yemen]].