Yes the war in Vietnam was inevitable because the bone-head Government wouldn't have let the even the thought of Communism reach anywhere that they didn't want it to.
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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 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.
See website: Korean War
That policy is called the 'containment policy'. It led to the US involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars, among others.
The Korean war ended in 1953, and US military involvement in Vietnam did not begin until 1965, although American Military Advisors and Covert Operatives had been active in Vietnam since 1954.
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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 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.
Truman had Korea; Eisenhower initiated Vietnam.
Because Red China ENTERED the Korean War.
The Korean war
See website: Korean War
South Korea welcomed us, North Korea fought us.
Korea and Vietnam.
That policy is called the 'containment policy'. It led to the US involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars, among others.
Americans believed that the Communist invasion of southern Korean would encourage other Communist uprisings in the region.