To fight socialism but the Vietnamese knew guerilla warfare and the jungle unlike the Americans. With no clear goal in sight many people assoicate the war as a failure. The war was so unpopular that lyndon B Johnson did not run for a second term.
contain communism
The French were fighting in Vietnam in 1950 not the US.
South Vietnam
The US wanted N. Vietnam to stop fighting in S. Vietnam.
US Servicemen had been fighting communists in South Vietnam since 1955.
It was fighting for democracy and against communism.
The US re-deployed from the place.
The containment of communism.
It was a noble cause.
To prevent the spread of communism.
Eisenhower's Testerones level
The United States was fighting for the government of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The U.S. supported South Vietnam in its efforts to prevent the spread of communism from the North, which was backed by the Soviet Union and China. This involvement was part of a broader Cold War strategy to contain communism globally. The conflict lasted from the late 1950s until the fall of Saigon in 1975.