US involvement in Vietnam (then French Indochina) began during WWII, in supporting the Viet Mihn against the Japanese occupiers. US involvement against Ho Chi Mihn dates back to the French Indochina War, during which time Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
1. From a guerrilla war to a conventional war. 2. From war in only South Vietnam to open warfare against North Vietnam.
United States involvement in the Boxer Rebellion would have contradicted the ideals George Washington laid out in his farewell address. It also would have violated the Monroe Doctrine by becoming involved in Europe's colonial matters
B52 Nixon, Commander in Chief; used the B52 against North Vietnam more than any other US president.
A. the government of South Vietnam seemed to lack popular support
Australia was drafting men too.
US involvement in Vietnam (then French Indochina) began during WWII, in supporting the Viet Mihn against the Japanese occupiers. US involvement against Ho Chi Mihn dates back to the French Indochina War, during which time Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War
1. From a guerrilla war to a conventional war. 2. From war in only South Vietnam to open warfare against North Vietnam.
South Vietnam are the non-communist side of Vietnam, which supported by the US vastly on war supplies, troops, and other thing to fights against the North Vietnam (the communist side).
They didn't want to go there! (Drafted)
United States involvement in the Boxer Rebellion would have contradicted the ideals George Washington laid out in his farewell address. It also would have violated the Monroe Doctrine by becoming involved in Europe's colonial matters
B52 Nixon, Commander in Chief; used the B52 against North Vietnam more than any other US president.
Those with leftist tendencies swallowed the Communist Propaganda portraying North Vietnam the good guy against an evil South Vietnam.
The US got involved in the Vietnam was because they were trying to sweep out communism across the globe. In the war, the US supported South Vietnam because they were fighting against communist North Vietnam.
Yes. North Vietnam being adjacent to China did become Communist prior to our involvement in the war.
By 1967, most American students did not favor U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. There were many demonstrations taking place against the war. Soldiers coming home from the war were not greeted warmly.