Stop communist aggression.
The plan was to help the non-Communist government to stay in power via virtually every way except direct military action on their behalf.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by the U.S. Congress in August 1964, granted President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to take whatever military action he deemed necessary to prevent further aggression by North Vietnam. This resolution was a response to alleged attacks on U.S. naval vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin and effectively escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. It provided a broad mandate for military engagement without a formal declaration of war.
Yes, they were both LIMITED WARs fought against communist aggression. However, having freshly won WWII, only five years earlier, the US was used to fighting to win. So the US INVADED North Korea. That brought in Red China. The war got bloodier because of that action. The Red Chinese drove the allies south, and to near dectruction. GEN MacArther counter-attacked and the Red's were fought to a draw. With an Armistice signed in 1953, holding the line at the 38th Parallel. Having learned those lessons, the US did NOT invade North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam war
American military personnel: Approximately 10,800. Seven of the eight US military females killed in the Vietnam War were by accident; one jeep accident, one helicopter accident, five killed in a C-5 Galaxy transport plane crash (Operation Baby Lift) and one female nurse was killed in action when a communist rocket exploded in her medical station.
President Lyndon B. Johnson sought congressional authorization for military action in Vietnam following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, where U.S. naval vessels reported being attacked by North Vietnamese forces. This event heightened fears of communist aggression and instability in Southeast Asia. In response, Johnson emphasized the need to protect U.S. interests and allies in the region, leading to the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted him broad powers to escalate military involvement in Vietnam.
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Hawks which were the people who were for war including the Vietnam war.
The plan was to help the non-Communist government to stay in power via virtually every way except direct military action on their behalf.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by the U.S. Congress in August 1964, granted President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to take whatever military action he deemed necessary to prevent further aggression by North Vietnam. This resolution was a response to alleged attacks on U.S. naval vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin and effectively escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. It provided a broad mandate for military engagement without a formal declaration of war.
the doves favored an immediate peace in Vietnam and the hawks favored stronger military action in Vietnam - I got this right on my quiz :)
Yes, they were both LIMITED WARs fought against communist aggression. However, having freshly won WWII, only five years earlier, the US was used to fighting to win. So the US INVADED North Korea. That brought in Red China. The war got bloodier because of that action. The Red Chinese drove the allies south, and to near dectruction. GEN MacArther counter-attacked and the Red's were fought to a draw. With an Armistice signed in 1953, holding the line at the 38th Parallel. Having learned those lessons, the US did NOT invade North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam war
The US became involved in Vietnam when asked by the legitimate government of South Vietnam to aid in fighting the insidious attempts at its takeover by armed communist forces. Coming in the midst of the Cold War with the Russians (who supported the North), it was initially seen as a struggle to avoid communist expansion in Asia. The war was not lost, but neither was it won. After the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, the US unilaterally withdrew its forces under the policy called "Vietnamization". The struggle failed because the US government failed to commit resources for a war, but instead tried to fight the communists in a "police action". Eventually the level of military casualties, various anti-war movements, and unfavorable media coverage made the war unpopular. Those who saw communism as a legitimate political movement (rather than as dictators and terrorists) eventually succeeded in preventing the continuation of the American efforts in Vietnam.
Military advisors first arrived in Vietnam in 1950. America started sending troops into Vietnam as early as 1960, but they took no military action until 1965. The United States was actively (militarily) involved in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.
American military personnel: Approximately 10,800. Seven of the eight US military females killed in the Vietnam War were by accident; one jeep accident, one helicopter accident, five killed in a C-5 Galaxy transport plane crash (Operation Baby Lift) and one female nurse was killed in action when a communist rocket exploded in her medical station.
Head of the Conservative senators, he was suspicious of the provisions for joint economic and military actions against aggression, even though it was voluntary. He wanted the constitutional right of Congress to declare war included within the treaty