The USA became involved in 1960, when President Kennedy sent military advisors to Vietnam. The nation was in a civil war. The US began to send troops in a large scale around 1964. At one point the US had 500,000 troops in Vietnam. The US was trying to keep communism from spreading in southeast Asia. The US did not wish to escalate the war into a larger theater. With that said, the US played a more defensive war. For example, the US did not invade North Vietnam. Popular unrest on the American home front became shocked at US losses. President Nixon end the war in 1973.
The US was involved from '55 to '75.
'55-'75
Vietnam.
The Vietnam war. Or the Resistance War Against America.
1964-1975
1963
The US became involved in the Vietnam War in an attempt to stop the spread of Communism. The US worried that if South Vietnam fell, it would create a domino effect. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975.
Since 1955.
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
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No
yes
Vietnam and Korea .
Vietnam.
The Vietnam war. Or the Resistance War Against America.
The U.S. entered the Vietnam war in 1959 and withdrew in 1973
1964-1975
1963
Vietnam War.