No one could predict the future. But the cold war was on. So we had to try to stop the spread of communism.
Vietnam was just one of the physical "blows" of the cold war. Other than those "physical contacts", the cold war was simply a military stand-off (not doing anything, just seeing who could "better the other" on weapon construction(s)
America made Vietnam a priority in foreign affairs because of the fear that it falling to communism would threaten other southeast Asian nations of falling to communism. The growing presence of China and the USSR also pushed the US towards war.
may 21st 2011 said Harold camping
The Viet war was fought against COMMUNISM and against the country of North Vietnam which was a communist nation. The on-going wars of today are not against any particular country (nation) nor against any particular ideals (such as communism, etc.). The wars of today consist of eliminating dictators & terrorists.
The most famous event that took place in 1975 was the fall of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to the Communists. The USA gave up and let the inevitable happen.
The Vietnam war started in 1962. Because that is when it looked like South Vietnam was going to fall to communism
The objectives of going to war in Vietnam were to defeat the Communist Vietcong army and prevent the spread of Communism to Vietnam.
No.
The Olympics in London with occur sometime not in the winter.
Vietnam was just one of the physical "blows" of the cold war. Other than those "physical contacts", the cold war was simply a military stand-off (not doing anything, just seeing who could "better the other" on weapon construction(s)
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It's not really a question of 'why?' but 'is?'. And it isn't.
I really hope not!
No
Well, this topic is debatable. There is no fact that can prove one way or another, but a great majority of people do believe we had no business going into Vietnam. Some may say, though, that we went in there to prevent the spread of communism, but communism is only a political and social ideal that America did not agree with. Whether we were right or not is certainly a debatable topic. You must make an opinion for yourself.
See website: Vietnam
The United States had been involved in Vietnam since the 1950's and was part of the philosophy that communism must be contained in Southeast Asia. Kennedy had decided before his death he was going to look for a method to get out of Vietnam, but LBJ was from the "old school " war hawk philosophy of containment so he expanded the war and believed that the United States had to win to stop communism.