The fear of being invaded was not a justification for the increase in US involvement in Vietnam. The US withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.
False, US involvement in Vietnam was not reduced during the Kennedy administration.
Nixon wanted to weaken the communists low enough for the South Viet Government to handle the war when the US departed.
During the "COLD WAR"; the Vietnam War was immoral to most people...who believed that war was "immoral" to begin with. Example: During WWII, which was a "clear case" of self defense (the Pearl Harbor Attack), people in the US still protested US involvement in that war. The "...reasons about the Vietnam War", would be the same; war is immoral, for those that choose to believe it. For many people there is NO JUSTIFICATION for war.
A turbulent free democratic government.
The U.S. involvement peaked in Vietnam in 1968. It was also the year for the highest number of casualties.
In 1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
which resolution allowed president johnson to increase us involment in vietnam
False, US involvement in Vietnam was not reduced during the Kennedy administration.
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Because they were too stupid to realize that South Vietnam was a lost cause.
The full might of the US military minus nuclear weapons.
Historian's generally accept the year 1961 as the start of US military involvement in Vietnam.
Nixon wanted to weaken the communists low enough for the South Viet Government to handle the war when the US departed.