The government policy of containment of communism. It was felt that if a country became communist that the nearby countries would follow. This was called "domino effect" and ruled American foreign policy for 60 years. To some extent it still does,but the players have changed .
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
Most people accept the spread of communism as the prime cause of the Vietnam War, a battle of the cold war.
The korean 'war', if officially considered a war, as opposed to a 'police action', would predate the vietnam war, which has also been referred to as a 'conflict'. Semantics aside, u.s. 'involvement' in korea predated u.s. 'involvement' in vietnam.
The nature of the American involvement in Southeast Asia was to contain Soviet and communist expansion through the Domino Effect Theory. Thus the Cold War became hot not in Europe but through American and United Nations involvement in Korea, and America with some Allied assistance in Vietnam.
The Cold War. Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
One hot battle of a cold war.
The Vietnam War was a product of the "Cold War."
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
Most people accept the spread of communism as the prime cause of the Vietnam War, a battle of the cold war.
To be condemned would be to not have fought the cold war at all. Praised, for fighting the cold war, and doing it with bullets (Vietnam) when it had to.
The korean 'war', if officially considered a war, as opposed to a 'police action', would predate the vietnam war, which has also been referred to as a 'conflict'. Semantics aside, u.s. 'involvement' in korea predated u.s. 'involvement' in vietnam.