Vietnam
Since during the Vietnam War there has been debate on whether the United States was right to become involved in the conflict. Some say that we were wrong to become involved in what was an internal conflict among the people of Vietnam. Others feel that we followed the natural course and that involvement was not only wrong, but also justified. Which view is right? Should we have been in Vietnam or not?World War II was the defining event for the United States global role. After the war we took a very intense in the rebuilding of Europe and Japan. Even though we worked with the Soviet Union to win the war, we were now more than ever wary of communism. Those two factors together formed the basis for the policies and ideas that would lead to our involvement in Southeastern Asia. China had fallen to communism right after the war. Obviously this was huge as they were the largest and most powerful nation in eastern Asia after the war. What was even more alarming to US foreign policymakers was the threat of the domino effect. China, if it wanted to, was very capable of exerting a lot of pressure on the smaller countries around them. Once the spread of communism started, the fear was that it would spread so far and so mu
However, even though the obvious lack of skill and talent of the South Vietnamese was apparent, the US still could not pull out for fear of what our other allies would think. However, there are others who feel that we should not have been in Vietnam. We had no business in that part of the world. Were we wrong to be in Vietnam? Well, after some years, many would say yes. ch that soon all of Asia would be under communist rule and that it would continue to spread around the world. Vietnam was seen as one of the cornerstones in this process. If they could keep Vietnam from falling to communist rule, then that would help the region as a whole. The US made some policy decisions that had drastic effects on our efforts in Vietnam. Part of our reason for being there was the Truman Doctrine. While this was directed primarily towards countries in Europe, it was applied to the world. Truman made an open ended promise to the world that the US would be there if needed for military reasons.
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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