Vietnam War
The Vietnam War: 1955-1975
The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two, although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing field. But like most historical events the Vietnam War had a significant effect on several people’s lives from all around the globe.
Cause and US involvement-
One of the biggest contributors to the war was the United States, the United States got involved in 1955 when President John Kennedy began sending soldiers to support the South Vietnamese and train them to fight better this caused controversy all over the world. During the 1950’s the United States greatly feared communism and feared a revolution much like what happened in Russia and China which ultimately led to communism. The United States decided to back the South Vietnamese in the fighting against the communist North Vietnamese; they thought that by supporting the South it would diminish the chance of communism spreading. The historical novel “The Fall of Saigon” stated that “Between 1950 and 1954, the USA gave France US$2.6 billion to fight against communism in Indochina” this indicates how desperate the United States was to keep communism at bay. At first most of Americans supported the war against communism but as the involvement intensified they began to disagree with the fighting, this meant that drafting began which forced men to join the war which made people even more upset with the war. Americans were being killed in the thousands this sparked anti-war protests which ended in further bloodshed “the protestes turned to tragedy when four students were shot and killed at Kent State University in
The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two, although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing field. But like most historical events the Vietnam War had a significant effect on several people’s lives from all around the globe.
Cause and US involvement-
One of the biggest contributors to the war was the United States, the United States got involved in 1955 when President John Kennedy began sending soldiers to support the South Vietnamese and train them to fight better this caused controversy all over the world. During the 1950’s the United States greatly feared communism and feared a revolution much like what happened in Russia and China which ultimately led to communism. The United States decided to back the South Vietnamese in the fighting against the communist North Vietnamese; they thought that by supporting the South it would diminish the chance of communism spreading. The historical novel “The Fall of Saigon” stated that “Between 1950 and 1954, the USA gave France US$2.6 billion to fight against communism in Indochina” this indicates how desperate the United States was to keep communism at bay. At first most of Americans supported the war against communism but as the involvement intensified they began to disagree with the fighting, this meant that drafting began which forced men to join the war which made people even more upset with the war. Americans were being killed in the thousands this sparked anti-war protests which ended in further bloodshed “the protestes turned to tragedy when four students were shot and killed at Kent State University in