Vietnam
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized $15 million to go to the French in aid to "contain" communism, thus beginning America's involvement in a war that we had nothing to do with. The United States once had a foreign policy of non-involvement during the early 1900's in World War I (WWI) and the beginning of World War II (WWII). This policy led to the involvement of the United States in WWII. Monetary aid as it shows in history provokes strong feelings against the party that funds wars. In 1950, the US's foreign policy was "containment." This was the policy of keeping communism within certain areas of the world and not letting it spread. There were other policies of being the police of the world and making sure that the rights of people were not infracted upon, but the main goal was to keep communism out of other countries. There were many factors that led the United States to be involved with the Vietnam conflict. Other than political factors, there was the fact that there were many different presidents during the thirty year conflict, and they had different goals for the United States, there was the pride that each of the presidents felt about America, and there was the history of Asian culture that both Americans and Eur
The Vietnam War is one in which America suffers a humiliating defeat, the first ever in American history. With all the opposition to the war, there were many clerical errors that were made. None of those errors were forced, as we can see in history now that it is written, but were made because of certain aspects of human nature. Presidents are human with human reactions. This war was fought to uphold a certain principle that freedom should be assured to those who want it. America in her greatness was deciding who was worthy of that freedom. This war taught Americans a lesson that although civil wars may occur, control is a fragile concept. The decisions made during the thirty years of this conflict reflect many differences in our society and that of other countries. The pride the Presidents had in the country were not founded on hopes and dreams, rather they were found on certain principles and truths that this country upholds. Those truths are clear to Americans, however, Americans were taught from this war that although others may not have the democracy, peace is more important. opeans had infracted upon. When the United States first started to go into Vietnam, they were unaware of many truths. They were unaware that the Vietnamese were a determined, hard working people, and underestimated the strength and power they had in their own jungles. The Vietnam War was not fought because there was a severe wrongdoing on the part of the Vietnamese; this war was fought because the United States in all her power and glory was trying in fact to make the world like them. Being the police of the world is a big responsibility and even the United States as powerful as she is, could not defeat a small province in Southeast Asia. The first protest was in April of 1965 [1] with 15,000 students disputing the decision of the president bombing Vietnam. President Johnson ignores the demonstration and announces he will send 44 combat battalions to Vietnam increasing the U.S. military presence to 125,000 men. Monthly draft calls are doubled to 35,000. "I have asked the commanding general, General Westmoreland, what more he needs to meet this mounting aggression. He has told me. And we will meet his needs. We cannot be defeated by force of arms. We will stand in Vietnam." In 1961, John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as President of the United States and says"...we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to insure the survival and the success of liberty.", insuring the involvement of the United States in the Second Indochina War or better known as the Vietnam War. "The youthful Kennedy administration is inexperienced in matters regarding Southeast Asia. Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, 44-year-old Robert McNamara, along with civilian planners recruited from the academic community, will play a crucial role in deciding White House strategy for Vietnam over the next
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