The Vietnam war is an incredibly controversial topic; some say America won‚ while others say that they lost. In this case‚ America took a major loss‚ they were never winning at any point. The reason the Americans officially lost the war is because they were unable to achieve their goal which was to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. In fact‚ the exact opposite happened‚ after the American forces left South Vietnam in January of 1975‚ communism immediately overran it. Along with the reasoning
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During WWII‚ the United States and the Soviet Union worked together against a common enemy. Sadly‚ after the war was over tense grew in both nations. The U.S. disliked the Soviet communism and Russia’s current leader at the time. The United States believed that Joseph Stalin was a blood-thirsty ruler. While the Soviets hated America for entering the war so late. They basically blamed the death of the tens of millions of Russians on the U.S. The Soviet also felt the U.S. never treated the USSR as
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Was the Americanization of the War in Vietnam Inevitable? In Taking Sides‚ Brian VanDeMark and H. R. McMaster debate the topic of the Americanization of the War in Vietnam. VanDeMark argues that because President Lyndon Johnson did not want people to accuse him of being soft on communism he failed to question the possibility of increasing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McMaster‚ however‚ states he believes the Vietnam War was a human failure because of President Lyndon Johnson as well as
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States soon enter the Vietnam War as an effort to prevent communism from spreading to Asia. The United States worked to protect South Vietnam as its freedom was threatened by North Vietnam’s communist threats. The United States became involved in Vietnam before World War II even ended. The United States involvement was due to the containment policy and its aim to stop communism. The conflict revolved around Ho Chi Minh and the French. During World War II‚ Japan invaded Vietnam. In response‚ the U
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became involved in the Vietnam war because communism was spreading rapidly. The USA‚ Russia‚ and Britain were all allies in the WWI ‚ and there were not many things that they could agree on. Another reason why the US Was involved in the war was because they didn’t want another country to go communist Ho Chi Minh was fighting the french so they could take over and remove French control for independence. France was defeated at Dien Bien Phu‚ and forced to leave the Vietnam war. The war began in 1954‚ more
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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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The loss of the Vietnam War came as a surprise to the US as they were the more powerful side in terms of size‚ money and military equipment so they had been expected to win. In all of these aspects the US out performed Vietnam‚ for instance‚ in its peak the US army had reached 543000 men in 1968 against the highest membership of the Vietcong (VC)‚ 245000. The US was also stronger economically‚ managing to spend $28 billion per year on the war‚ supplying high-tech weapons and machinery. There were
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Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War? One thing that got the United States into the Vietnam War was the end of colonialism. The European countries were unable to deny the escalating demands for independence in their Asian colonies. In Vietnam‚ for instance‚ an independence movement under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh rose to challenge French rule. The United States helped France by giving financial and military aid. Ho Chi Minh was also a communist‚ which brings up another
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Hist. 388: Vietnam and the U.S. The View from the Ground Vietnam was a hostile place especially for the Vietnamese. Going into a war with one of the most powerful countries in the world and not knowing if they would be able to get out of the war alive. Scared and not knowing if they would be able to gain their freedom that they have been fighting for since they were occupied by China in 1100 B.C. This war was to fight for that freedom and the only thing that stood in their way was the United
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The United States army was very involved in the Vietnam war. The United States did not get involved right away‚ but when the threat of a communist takeover arose they jumped in. When they became involved they only had one goal‚ to stop communism. Over the course of the war their efforts grew‚ but they were all directed to the efforts of the main goal. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War to stop the expansion of communism. The United States had an irrational fear of communist subversion
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