U S years of involvement with the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

It was not the country. It was the "Cold War." Nearly any country threatened by the communists, was an "automatic" intervention by the US; Especially a "free" country that bordered a communist country...the stakes were almost always higher in those places, due to easier re-supply & reinforcements, as well as "domino theory" Propaganda if they were to succeed.

Answer 2

President Eisenhower had US Military presence in South Vietnam in 1954 to assist the forming of the two new nations of NORTH & SOUTH Vietnam, as well as to transition the French out of the region. When the French were gone, Eisenhower beefed up US troops in South Vietnam, to assist them in resisting the communist infiltration that had alreadry raised it's head.

Eisenhower wasn't a novice at this game. He had just finished fighting WWII 9 years earlier; and was involved with the Korean War a year before France ended their days in Indochina.

But why he briefed Kennedy in 1960 about Laos, but never mentioned Vietnam is a puzzle.

Answer 3

Stop communist expansion; part of the cold war.

Answer 4

US was in an alliance with the French and Britian. they didnt have anything at stake. they just went and fought because they had nothing to lose. :P

Answer 5

This is a matter of great debate, but most supporters believed that the war was a means of stopping the spread of communism. In the end Vietnam remained a communist country.