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Yes, but not immediately. The big escalation occurred after he was elected for a second term by a landslide vote.
lyndon B Johnson, the 36th President of the U.S., helped to escalate American involvement in Vietnam by sending more troops to war. This stimulated an anti-war movement and his domestic policies failed.
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.
Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th President of the U.S., helped to escalate American involvement in Vietnam by sending more troops to war. This stimulated an anti-war movement and his domestic policies failed.
I believe that was Lyndon B. Johnson. America's involvement in Vietnam was limited until he became president. According to Wikipedia, "It was Johnson who began America's direct involvement in the ground war in Vietnam." See the Related Links below for more information.
To stop communist aggression.
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To escalate a simple guerrilla war being conducted in the republic of South Vietnam into an open conventional war against North Vietnam itself.
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Yes. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam.
Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense during the main build-up with President Johnson.
He had been against American involvement before becoming president. He felt that taking out troops would be a defeat for the United States.