President John F. Kennedy supported the United States' involvement in the Vietnam Conflict and stated that we should do whatever was necessary to achieve victory. He wanted to stop the spread of Communism and ensure freedom for Vietnam.
doves believed the Vietnam's conflict was localized civil war and disagreed with Johnson war policy, but Hawks supported his felt Vietnam a crucial front in the war
American involvement in Vietnam can be seen as an extension of the Truman Doctrine, which aimed to contain communism globally. The U.S. believed that if Vietnam fell to communism, it would trigger a domino effect in Southeast Asia, threatening other nations. Consequently, the U.S. supported the South Vietnamese government against the communist North, viewing this as a necessary step to uphold the principles of the Truman Doctrine and prevent the spread of communism. This commitment ultimately escalated into a prolonged military engagement.
The groups within Australia that supported our involvement in the Vietnam war were: * The Returned Service League (RSL) * The Liberal party and Country (now known as National)party and * The older generation
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Historian's generally accept the year 1961 as the start of US military involvement in Vietnam.
Election poll shows that 64% of Australians support Australian's role in Vietnam
At the beginning of the Vietnam War, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite supported it and believed whatever the president said about how we were winning. But after several trips to Vietnam, and especially after the Tet Offensive, it became clear to him that the US was not winning, nor could it win. He began to speak out against the war. He supported an honorable exit strategy, in which US involvement in Vietnam would end and US troops would come home.
South Vietnam are the non-communist side of Vietnam, which supported by the US vastly on war supplies, troops, and other thing to fights against the North Vietnam (the communist side).
The US got involved in the Vietnam was because they were trying to sweep out communism across the globe. In the war, the US supported South Vietnam because they were fighting against communist North Vietnam.
doves believed the Vietnam's conflict was localized civil war and disagreed with Johnson war policy, but Hawks supported his felt Vietnam a crucial front in the war
they were known as the Hawks. people who supported sending more troops in were the hawks and people who wanted to pull them out were the doves
The fear of being invaded was not a justification for the increase in US involvement in Vietnam. The US withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.
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The groups within Australia that supported our involvement in the Vietnam war were: * The Returned Service League (RSL) * The Liberal party and Country (now known as National)party and * The older generation
Lyndon B Johnson supported expansion of US involvement, and later Richard M Nixon worked to pull troops OUT of Vietnam through "Peace with honor."
Historian's generally accept the year 1961 as the start of US military involvement in Vietnam.
False, US involvement in Vietnam was not reduced during the Kennedy administration.