American Involvement In The Vietnam War

The Vietnamese war originally stemmed from a deep longing for independence. Unfortunately, their independence was on the basis of communism, which America would not tolerate. This war stretched over the hands of several presidential administrations, all of which failed to grasp anything outside of their own tunnel vision. Consequently, America failed to prevail in this war and unnecessarily slaughtered countless numbers of people. Going straight into the heart of why America originally pursued and ultimately failed in this war, one would find communism. America was consumed with fear in the late 40’s when the red scare began. There were countless fears occurring from deep suspicions of soviet spies in the American community. No one escaped
The Cold War created an atmosphere of chaos. Constant clashing between the Soviets and Americans took place over both political and economical matters. Both saw the other as vital threats, causing minor issues to rapidly escalate. The Soviets did implant spies within American borders, causing heavy suspicion of every non-compliant or conforming citizen. Seeing the turmoil that this had catapulted America into, President Truman issued an executive order (The Loyalty Order) mandating that all federal employees be thoroughly analyzed to ensure their loyalties to America. After enduring The Cold War, America was not about to see communism prevail anywhere in the world, as it could have been a direct threat to them. This, is what originally caused them to turn against Vietnam. Vietnam wanted only to declare its independence as a nation. It adopted ideologies of communism rather than democracy, causing America to blacklist them. America could not have this new nation grow into what they feared; another soviet superpower
Some could say that it was a corrupt and despicable set up. America failed to realize that once the absence of their money and militia set in, it would ultimately collapse. The Vietnamese people were even more persistent than Americans and would not give up until they could rightfully claim their homeland, and run it the way they wished. America vastly misunderstood and underestimated the determination of the Vietnamese people and to what lengths they would stretch themselves. They would never be able to foretell what was to come from this war. The goal was to keep Southern Vietnam free of communism (unlike the northern half), so as to void the spreading of it to the rest of southeastern Asia. The Eisenhower administration had partnered up with political leader Ngo Dinh Diem, in hopes of him being able to control the south and remain an ally of American forces. The problem here, however, was that the people of southern Vietnam had no intention of moving to the north (where Ho Chi Minh was in control), because they had made it their goal to challenge Diem’s authority and anchor down votes for Minh in the