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President Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incident to deepen American involvement in Vietnam. And as early as February 1965, U.S. planes began to bomb North Vietnam. American troop strength in Vietnam increased to more than 180,000 by the end of the year and to 500,000 by 1968. ChaCha!
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1964, authorized the U.S. military's escalation of involvement in the Vietnam War. It gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against U.S. forces and to prevent further aggression in Southeast Asia. This resolution essentially expanded American military involvement in Vietnam.
The North Vietnamese Army would break the treaty and invaded South Vietnam. South Vietnam quickly fell to North Vietnam, which created one, Socialist Vietnam.
Vietnamization
The government policy of containment of communism. It was felt that if a country became communist that the nearby countries would follow. This was called "domino effect" and ruled American foreign policy for 60 years. To some extent it still does,but the players have changed .
a member of the army of the republic of Vietnam
Well considering it was in Vietnam and thousands of U.S. troops died, i would have to say the United States and Vietnam fought in the Vietnam War. Although, there was still a little involvement from the french but that was very limited. In addition to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had limited involvement while supporting the North Vietnamese.
President Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incident to deepen American involvement in Vietnam. And as early as February 1965, U.S. planes began to bomb North Vietnam. American troop strength in Vietnam increased to more than 180,000 by the end of the year and to 500,000 by 1968. ChaCha!
The U.S. felt that it would ruin their economy
He had been against American involvement before becoming president. He felt that taking out troops would be a defeat for the United States.
If you mean an AMERICAN that favored the U.S.'s involvement in Vietnamese war, those would be called Nationalists. Nationalist: A person who advocates independence for a country A person with strong patriotic feelings, especially one who believes in the superiority of their country over others'.
The U.S. feared that Vietnam would vote for a communist government.
Communists would take over South Vietnam
The biggest battles were fought from 1962 to 1975. Smaller battles occurred prior to '62.
GEN Westmoreland stated to the president, that he could get the job done; but he'll need more men. Next year, more men. Next year, more men. Next year...to prevent communism from spreading in Southeast Asia
Feared that Vietnam would vote for a Communist government.
Because Red China ENTERED the Korean War.