The fundamental reason was to stop the expansion of Bolshevism.
Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to Vietnam in '55.
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
No
yes
'55.
The US was the only major power directly involved. Britain was asked, but they declined. The US did not want any of the communist super powers involved...that had already happened before, in the Korean War.
The US and North Vietnam .
There became a wide spread DISTRUST of the government. "Watergate" was directly involved with the war, and "Watergate" added fuel to this distrust.
i think it did...
Vietnam.
Vietnam and Korea .
a big rash