Any war should be escalated if the enemy: 1. Is positively identified (such as North Vietnam). 2. There is a distinct possibility that you can win by escalating the war. 3. And there's no possibility of the escalation turning into a nuclear war.
LBJ escalated the Vietnam War
Johnson escalated the war.
To go up. To get bigger or larger (e.g. The Iraqi war escalated) it also means to go up.
It started as a guerrilla war, and escalated into a conventional non-nuclear war.
There is no question that President Lyndon Johnson was in charge of America's military effort in Vietnam, as Commander In Chief, and the war escalated because he escalated it.
yes
The war escalated from a guerrilla war into a conventional war (minus nuclear weapons).
The revolution was NOT a global war.
It never was a global conflict.
It never was a global conflict.
It never was a global conflict.
It never was a global conflict.