Johnson.
President Nixon was associated with both the escalation of and end of the Vietnam War.
No US President wanted to be the FIRST to lose a war.
"Escalation" .
The most common request made by US commanders during the Vietnam War, was a constant request to the President for: More men. (40,000 men a month were being drafted by 1968). This was called the "escalation of the war."
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Johnson escalated the war.
One event that caused an escalation of troop involvement in Vietnam was the incident in 1964 at the Gulf of Tonkin.
To put an end to the communist threat that was uprising in Vietnam, which was started by Ho-Chi-Mihn. Also to support the democratic South vietnam.
There was no surprise attack, simply an escalation of violence.
ANSWER Ho Chi Minh was the president of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War his original name was Nguyen Tat. Diem was the president of South Vietnam. Diem was assassinated Nguyen Van Thien was the president of South Vietnam after him.
We did not support escalation in Vietnam except for a small amount who were afraid of communism. The war escalated after the Tet Offensive primarily, which was actually an action of the Vietnamese.
President Gorge W. Bush invading Iraq, President Kennedy's bay of pigs, Lyndon Banes Johnson Escalation the war in Vietnam, Slavery, Taking land from the native Americans, and killing them to get it, abortion, Too many to mention really.