First of all the United States stance on foreign policy needs to be observed. After World War II the United States became the most powerful nation, it had ever been. The United States had ideas of spreading the American values of liberty, equality, and democracy throughout the world.1 During this time the Soviet Union was less focused on spreading their Communist ideas, an

In 1956, an election planned to unify Vietnam would decide if Vietnam would be Communist or "Free". At this time, the leader of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, was very unpopular among his own people. The United States felt this could be detrimental to their interest so they agreed not to object to coup. So a coup and assassination lead to new leadership of South Vietnam.

Should the United States had sent troops to Southeast Asia, and was intervention the correct action, based on foreign policy and bipartisan ideas. Yes, based on the ideas of the time and events that took place. America Firmly believed in containment and stopping the spread of Communism, and if South Vietnam fell to the North Communism would have spread. America did lose the war, for all practical reasons, and it can be debated that we should have never been in Southeast Asia, but the question at h

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