The US was losing the Vietnam War badly. US troops were in constant retreat. The Viet Cong were on the outskirts of Saigon. They had surrounded the city and were closing in. The US conducted an emergency evacuation of all US Military personnel. The Viet Cong declared a military victory.
The fear of being invaded was not a justification for the increase in US involvement in Vietnam. The US withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.
False, US involvement in Vietnam was not reduced during the Kennedy administration.
1954
1955.
1954
yes...
yes...
The full might of the US military minus nuclear weapons.
Historian's generally accept the year 1961 as the start of US military involvement in Vietnam.
No.
Because of US Policy to fight communism.
President Nixon ended the US offensive participation in the war. President Ford conducted US defensive operations for rescue and evacuation, until the end of the war on 30 April 1975.