The US Involvement In The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War started in 1955, which was few years after the beginning of World War 2. Even though War was between Northern and Southern Vietnam, the War was actually between Communism and Democracy. The Northern Vietnam was under the control of China, which was dominated by Communism. The Southern Vietnam was supported by the United States and also had many soldiers placed in there. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president of the United States at that time. He had a lot of pressure from the citizens because if Northern Vietnam wins over the Southern Vietnam, it shows the victory of Communism. In other words, Communism will spread all over the world. This theory was called as the Dominos theory. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War to avoid the spread of Communism, but resulted in failed efforts due to the lives lost of the United States soldiers.
The United States wanted to prevent the spread of Communism because if Communism succeeds, it will eventually take all over the world and Democracy will fall. The United States cannot let this happen; initially, they introduced several policies to prevent the spread of communism. An example of this is the Containment policy, which protected the Democratic countries, and the spread of Communism in the western countries. America saw greater potential of spread of Communism, and it all began with a possible attack on Southern Vietnam. The United States eventually had to become involved in Vietnam War. The United States put forth efforts to prevent the spread. John. F Kennedy sent ‘Green Beret’ forces to Vietnam to train forces in there. By the time he was assassinated, the United States had sent over 10,000 forces to Southern Vietnam and had many Americans