The Fact Sheet Of The Vietnam War
Vietnam Fact Sheet
After World War II, the United States was still playing tug of war with Communism. The enemy was China and the USSR, it soon gained the name “cold war”, as they were trying to keep Communism at bay, and try to spread the way of Democracy. As Communism was spreading, it had its eyes on a new victory; Vietnam. The US feared that if Vietnam was to fall to Communism, it would lead all of Southwest Asia to fall to Communism as well. The US described it as “falling dominoes”, which later became the Domino Theory. With this, President Harry Truman decided to send military aid to the French. Truman was not the only president giving aid to the French during the war, for President Dwight Eisenhower, was also sending military support to the French. Another President was John F. Kennedy, as he sent 12,000 more soldiers to Vietnam as soon they were heavily involved in the fight. Later after Kennedy was shot, Lyndon Johnson became in charge, and promised to keep Kennedy’s policies alive and well. He kept on his promises as he sent 5,000 more soldiers to fight. However, the real escalation of forces came when the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred. After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Johnson believed that the US was attacked, Johnson even claimed it was similar to attack on Pearl Harbor. …show more content…
The assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy did a number on the people of the US, as they began making more riots and protests. Since the Tet Offensive didn’t do so hot with the public, Johnson decided to not run again, due to his credibility gap when it came to the foreign policies. However, this was a political gain towards Richard Nixon, as he reached out to the “silent majority”, that were hushed during the war. Nixon won the presidential campaign, and began implementing new war policies. One of them being training south Vietnamese soldiers to replace US soldiers; this plan was called
After World War II, the United States was still playing tug of war with Communism. The enemy was China and the USSR, it soon gained the name “cold war”, as they were trying to keep Communism at bay, and try to spread the way of Democracy. As Communism was spreading, it had its eyes on a new victory; Vietnam. The US feared that if Vietnam was to fall to Communism, it would lead all of Southwest Asia to fall to Communism as well. The US described it as “falling dominoes”, which later became the Domino Theory. With this, President Harry Truman decided to send military aid to the French. Truman was not the only president giving aid to the French during the war, for President Dwight Eisenhower, was also sending military support to the French. Another President was John F. Kennedy, as he sent 12,000 more soldiers to Vietnam as soon they were heavily involved in the fight. Later after Kennedy was shot, Lyndon Johnson became in charge, and promised to keep Kennedy’s policies alive and well. He kept on his promises as he sent 5,000 more soldiers to fight. However, the real escalation of forces came when the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred. After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Johnson believed that the US was attacked, Johnson even claimed it was similar to attack on Pearl Harbor. …show more content…
The assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy did a number on the people of the US, as they began making more riots and protests. Since the Tet Offensive didn’t do so hot with the public, Johnson decided to not run again, due to his credibility gap when it came to the foreign policies. However, this was a political gain towards Richard Nixon, as he reached out to the “silent majority”, that were hushed during the war. Nixon won the presidential campaign, and began implementing new war policies. One of them being training south Vietnamese soldiers to replace US soldiers; this plan was called