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.
First came a huge U.S. commitment of financial and logistical support for the French in their war against the communist Viet Minh from 1945-54, known as the First Indochina War. The U.S. did not take part directly in the war, but underwrote the French effort with funds and materielâand a handful of American service personnel on the ground.