How and why did USA become involved in the Vietnam War In march 12‚ 1947 with the truman doctrine and the newly introduced policy of containment usa decided to award itself with status of policeman of the world giving themselves a permission to intervene anywhere in the world when they consider it is neccessary. This was the policy that allowed them to interpose in vietnam. Vietnamese people under the leadership of ho chi mihn‚ founder of viet minh defeated french at diem bien phu who had controll
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protesting against the Vietnam war‚ however‚ they use different techniques and writing stiles to convey the message. The Song uses a first person narrative stile to convey the traumatic experiences of the soldiers‚ the poem‚ however‚ does not refer to experiences‚ instead it uses strong‚ passionate words that directly refer to the effect of trauma. The beginning sentence of the poem clearly shows the authors stile of writing‚ bringing the audience straight to the point. “War drags men to the very
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The U.S.’s involvement in the Vietnam War is a highly controversial topic. George Kennan called the Vietnam War “the most disastrous of all America’s undertakings over the whole two hundred years of its history” because of great impact it had and left on America. Thousands of Americans were forced to fight and lost their lives. Some Americans believe it was the duty of the nation to defend other nations from the threat of Communism. Others believe it was not the U.S.’s place to get involved and that
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withdraw U.S troops from Vietnam‚ urging the Vietnamese to take hold of their own war. South Vietnam was eventually conquered by the North and the entirety of Vietnam became united under communist rule. In 1972‚ Nixon visited communist China and the Soviet Union‚ both astounding events in history. His visits significantly
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“The Vietnam War and How It Changed America” At the end of World War II Military and Political tensions between the USSR (Russia) and the US greatly increased. Communism in the USSR presented itself as a big threat to the US’s national security. Fearing that the Communism would spread to Vietnam and other countries‚ the US opposed the independence movement there. The US first began by financially supporting France in the first Indochina War. The French defeat in Dein Bien Phu led to a peace
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President Kennedy was elected. In his inaugural address‚ he states that the U.S. will “pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ and oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty” (Moss‚ 2010). This was directly geared at China and Russia. Kennedy supported the suppression of communism‚ as did his predecessors. Kennedy and his advisors continued to fear the domino theory‚ the possibility of global communism‚ as a response to South Vietnam winning the
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For years‚ America’s finest fought to help preserve a sovereign communist free country. The United States had different strategies throughout the war in Vietnam. The initial strategy was to just contain the communist from the North and preserve the south with training the South Vietnamese. Many strategies failed in the Vietnam War. The south’s unstable government made it difficult for the United States to devise a sound strategy. The United States also used Operation Rolling Thunder. It was
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the main purpose of reuniting North and South Vietnam. The Vietcong was able to defeat the French and then the South Vietnamese army‚ having American forces supporting their defense. As the attacks began encroaching Saigon‚ U.S. Colonel Michael Macmahon held Mai’s sponsorship for a safe extraction out of danger. Soon after‚ Mai’s mother Thanh‚ would join her in the United States in 1975. As Mai and Thanh escape a complicated situation in South Vietnam‚ they’re confronted with an equally complicated
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to Vietnam War o Johnson obsessed with fulfilling the aspect of containment within Vietnam‚ sending in more troops as the years went on. o This was very contradictory as he advocated that he opposed the idea of not sending ground men to fight the Vietcong. In 1965‚ Johnson worked closely with Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk‚ in which over 10‚000 soldiers were sent overseas. o This marked the start of Johnson’s downfall as people did not like how he was going against what he preached during his
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LBJ‚ All the Way Who was Lyndon B. Johnson? Well‚ Johnson said the following while describing him‚ “I am a free man‚ an American‚ a United States Senator‚ and a Democrat‚ in that order. I am also a liberal‚ a conservative‚ a Texan‚ a taxpayer‚ a rancher‚ a businessman‚ a consumer‚ a parent‚ a voter‚ and not as young as I used to be nor as old as I expect to be—and I am all of these things in no fixed order.” Lyndon Baines Johnson was the thirty-sixth president of the United States‚ serving
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