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Vietnam War Vietnam War Encarta Encyclopedia defines the Vietnam War as a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975, involving the North Vietnamese and
Vietnam War Vietnam War Encarta Encyclopedia defines the Vietnam War as a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975, involving the North Vietnamese and
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American's Involvement in Vietnam
Dianne I. Causey
History 102
Mr. Phillips
The Vietnam War took place in Southeast Asia, which the United States fought during 1960s and early 1970s. The war waged from 1954 to 1975 between the communist North Vietnam and noncommunist South Vietnam, two parts of what was once the French colony of Indochina. Vietnamese communists attempted to take over the South, both by the invasion from the North and by guerrilla warfare conducted within the South by the Viet Cong. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy sent increasing numbers of American military advisors to South Vietnam in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Kennedy's successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson increased American military support greatly, having a half a million soldiers in Vietnam.
American goals in Vietnam proved difficult to achieve, and the communist Tet offensive was a severe setback. Reports of atrocities committed by both sides in the war disturbed many Americans. Eventually, President Richard Nixon decreased American troop strength and sent the Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, to negotiate a cease fire with North Vietnam. Americans troops were withdrawn in 1973, and South Vietnam was completely taken over by communist forces in 1975. The involvement of the United States in the war was controversial. Some supported it wholeheartedly while others totally opposed showing mass demonstrations and by refusing to serve in the American armed forces. Still many seemed to rely on the government to decide the best course of action for our country, leaving even today the loss of faith in our political system.
America's involvement in Vietnam began long before the actual troops were sent over to South East Asia. The United States entered that war in a series of steps between 1950 and 1965. In May 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized a modest agenda of economic and military aid to the French,...
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