United States Involvement In The Vietnam War
Walter Cronkite states, “I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost - and the shock when, twenty years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along.” On November 1,1955, President Eisenhower deplays the Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (Cuny 1955). This marks the beginning of the United States involvement in the war recognized by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The role of the United States began after World War II and escalating during the Vietnam War from 1955 to 1975. At first, French forces, allies to the United States, were back by America. President Henry S. Tubman provided increasing
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By the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union clashed over the reorganization of the Postwar World. Each perceived one another as a threat to national security and its influence over the globe. American foreign policy goal was the destruction of governments perceived friendly to the Soviet power and the preservation of those willing to fight communism. But the communists succeeded in Vietnam. In 1954, with the decisive Viet Minh victory at the battle of Dien Bien Phu, French forces surrounded and agreed to a set of treaties (Gibbons, William Conrad (2014-07-14)).The use of the foreign policy was just one example of how the United States was willing to do any means necessary to prevent the spread of …show more content…
Many of the severe consequences pose a big question mark over the American benefits of its involvement in the Vietnam. Was the lost of 58,000 lives worth it? The United States involvement in the Vietnam War has many effects on the U.S. economy. The requirements of the war strained the nation’s production capacities. This lead to imbalances in the industrial sector. Instead, of factories producing consumer goods, they were used to make items from the military. This cause many controversies over the government’s handling of economic
By the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union clashed over the reorganization of the Postwar World. Each perceived one another as a threat to national security and its influence over the globe. American foreign policy goal was the destruction of governments perceived friendly to the Soviet power and the preservation of those willing to fight communism. But the communists succeeded in Vietnam. In 1954, with the decisive Viet Minh victory at the battle of Dien Bien Phu, French forces surrounded and agreed to a set of treaties (Gibbons, William Conrad (2014-07-14)).The use of the foreign policy was just one example of how the United States was willing to do any means necessary to prevent the spread of …show more content…
Many of the severe consequences pose a big question mark over the American benefits of its involvement in the Vietnam. Was the lost of 58,000 lives worth it? The United States involvement in the Vietnam War has many effects on the U.S. economy. The requirements of the war strained the nation’s production capacities. This lead to imbalances in the industrial sector. Instead, of factories producing consumer goods, they were used to make items from the military. This cause many controversies over the government’s handling of economic